gumma

English

Noun

gumma (plural gummas or gummata)

1. (pathology) a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gumma hepatis
• gummata
• gummose

• gummous
• gummy

Anagrams

• mugam

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: gu‧m‧ma

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  gummat-, gumma, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  gumma (“gum”) (sticky substance from some plants), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin gummi (“gum”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi, “gum”), probably from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Noun

gumma n

1. (pathology) gumma, a non-cancerous growth resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
   • 1896, Vítězslav Janovský, “Gumma”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎^[1], volume X, Praha: J. Otto, page 617:

     Gumma, hlíva, nazývá se druh novotvaru příjičného, který v podobě uzlů ostře ohraničených se jeví na kůži a ostatních orgánech lidského těla jako pozdní projev příjice […]

     Gumma is a kind of syphilitic growth, which appears on the skin and other human body organs in the form of sharply bordered lumps as a late manifestation of syphilis […]

Declension

Synonyms

• hlíva (obsolete)

Etymology 2

From older (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Czech form gummi, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin gummi, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), probably from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Noun

gumma f

1. (obsolete, singular only) gum, a sticky substance from some plants
   • 1902, “Pegu”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎^[2], volume 19, Praha: J. Otto, pages 398–399:

     Tabák, ovoce, surové hedvábí, pryskyřice, gumma atd. dováží se z Číny po ř. Iravadi, […]

     Tobacco, fruit, crude silk, resin, gum etc. are imported from China along the Irrawaddy River, […]

2. (obsolete, singular only) rubber

Derived terms

• gummový

Synonyms

• (gum): klovatina, guma
• (rubber): guma, pryž

Further reading

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