Definition of Gummatous

1. a. Belonging to, or resembling, gumma.

Definition of Gummatous

1. Adjective. (medicine) Belonging to, or resembling, gumma. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gummatous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Gummatous

1. Belonging to, or resembling, gumma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gummatous

gumboils
gumboot
gumboots
gumbos
gumbotil
gumbotils
gumdrop
gumdrops
gumless
gumlike
gumline
gumlines
gumma
gummas
gummata
gummatous (current term)
gummatous abscess
gummatous syphilid
gummatous ulcer
gummed
gummed label
gummered
gummering
gummers
gummi
gummi bear
gummi bears
gummier
gummies

Literary usage of Gummatous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of advanced students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1910)
"The gummatous manifestation is usually a late tertiary formation. It does sometimes occur in the secondary stage and exceptionally at an early period ..."

2. Diseases of the skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1917)
"In obscure cases, resort may be had to a biopsy. gummatous ... In the extremely malignant grades of syphilis, gummatous lesions may develop early in the ..."

3. An Atlas of the normal and pathological nervous systems: Together with a by Christfried Jakob, Joseph Collins (1896)
"(6) Isolated gummatous formation in the men- inges, rarely in the substance of the brain. The symptoms are those of brain tumor. ..."

4. Syphilis by Loyd Oscar Thompson (1920)
"The essential difference between the gummatous and the nodular ... The whole process of gummatous development consumes on an average three or four months. ..."

5. The venereal diseases, including stricture of the male urethra by Edward Lawrence Keyes (1881)
"The lachrymal sac, and the skin over it, may be the seat of gummatous deposit, ... The nasal duct is frequently occluded by reason of ulcerative gummatous ..."

6. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"gummatous lesions, as a rule, are late manifestations of the disease. In rare instances, in cases which might be classed as malignant or precocious, ..."

7. White and Martin's Genito-urinary surgery and venereal diseases by James William White (1918)
"When placed upon the cranium the gummatous lesions exhibit a circinate ingénient and cause ... gummatous ostri tit of ulna. (Skiagram by Dr. HK Pancoast. ..."

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