gumma

gumma (plural gummas or gummata)

1. (pathology) a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.

• mugam

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: gu‧m‧ma

Borrowed from Late Latin gumma (“gum”) (sticky substance from some plants), from Latin gummi (“gum”),[1] from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi, “gum”),[2] probably from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

gumma n

1. (pathology) gumma, a non-cancerous growth resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis

   Synonym: (obsolete) hlíva

   • 1896, Vítězslav Janovský, “Gumma”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, volume X, Praha: J. Otto, page 617:

     Gumma, hlíva, nazývá se druh novotvaru příjičného, který v podobě uzlů ostře ohraničených se jeví na kůži a ostatních orgánech lidského těla jako pozdní projev příjice […]

     Gumma is a kind of syphilitic growth, which appears on the skin and other human body organs in the form of sharply bordered lumps as a late manifestation of syphilis […]

From older gummi, from Latin gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi),[3] probably from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

gumma f

1. (obsolete, singular only) gum, a sticky substance from some plants

   Synonyms: klovatina, guma

   • 1902, “Pegu”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, volume 19, Praha: J. Otto, page 398–399:

     Tabák, ovoce, surové hedvábí, pryskyřice, gumma atd. dováží se z Číny po ř. Iravadi, […]

     Tobacco, fruit, crude silk, resin, gum etc. are imported from China along the Irrawaddy River, […]

2. (obsolete, singular only) rubber

   Synonyms: guma, pryž

   • 1902, “Papír”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, volume 19, Praha: J. Otto, page 172–187:

     […] zpodní válec dostává nyní obyčejně povlak z tvrdé gummy.

     […] now the lower cylinder usually gets a hard rubber coating.

• gumma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• gumma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Old Swedish guma of the same meaning.

gumma c

1. (colloquial, usually derogatory) an old woman
2. (colloquial, derogatory) a woman who is considered to look like being old
3. (colloquial) an expression of affection to a girl or a young woman
4. (colloquial, dated) a wife

gumma

1. (archaic) to cover or otherwise apply with rubber

• (modern language) gummera

• gumma in Svensk ordbok.