gumma

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gumma /ˈgʌmə/

▶noun (pl. gummas or gummata /-mətə/) Medicine a small soft swelling which is characteristic of the late stages of syphilis and occurs in the connective tissue of the liver, brain, testes, and heart.

– derivatives
gummatous adjective.

– origin C18: mod. L., from L. gummi (see gum1).

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