GUMMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: gummata   

 I. (noun) 

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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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