Gumma

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
  2. 2
    a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Gunma. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin gumma, extended in meaning from Late Latin gumma (“gum, resin”), a late form of cummis, cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), of Egyptian origin. Doublet of gum (Etymology 2).

Etymology 2

From an early Hepburn romanization of Japanese 群(ぐん)馬(ま) (Gunma).

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