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GUMMA (gummata)
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Irregular inflected form: gummata
Dictionary entry overview: What does gumma mean?
• GUMMA (noun)
The noun GUMMA has 1 sense:
1. a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
Familiarity information: GUMMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gumma" is a kind of...):
granuloma (a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection)
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