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gumma

NOUN
  1. a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis

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  • A localised gumma may develop in the neighbourhood of the angle of the mandible, or the whole of the body of that bone may be the seat of a diffuse gummatous infiltration Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • The clinical efficacy of Syphilitic cerebral gumma with non-surgical treatment was better than spinal cord one.
  • Pott's disease may be simulated by gummatous disease of the vertebræ. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • The severity of the symptoms depends to a large extent on the rapidity of growth of the tumour; thus an osteoma growing slowly from the inner table of the skull and implicating the brain may reach a considerable size without producing cerebral symptoms, while a comparatively small sarcoma or syphilitic gumma of rapid growth may endanger life. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • The ulcers have seldom the typically rounded or serpiginous outline of gummatous ulcers on other parts of the body. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • The lesions may be gummatous, ulcerative, or inflammatory, or there may be compressive granulomatous masses. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
  • Even without a confirmatory rapid plasma reagin test or darkfield examination of the gummatous discharge, the diagnosis of secondary syphilis was obvious.
  • The influence of syphilis, except in its gummatous form, in interfering with union is doubtful. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • In _tertiary syphilis_, whether inherited or acquired, the most common lesion is a diffuse gummatous infiltration, which tends to go on to ulceration and to lead to widespread destruction of tissue. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • A tumor, known by the name of "gumma," is the result. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
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