Red-gum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
  2. 2
    rust on grain
  3. 3
    Alternative form of redgum. alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    Alternative form of red gum. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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tooth rash

Etymology

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound (“pus, matter”).

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