gumma
English
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuma/
- Rhymes: -uma
- Hyphenation: gu‧m‧ma
Etymology 1
From New Latin gummat-, gumma, 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”).
Noun
gumma n
- (pathology) gumma, a non-cancerous growth resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
- 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 […]
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Declension
Synonyms
- hlíva (obsolete)
Etymology 2
From older Czech form gummi, from Latin gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi),[3] probably from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).
Noun
gumma f
Declension
Derived terms
- gummový
References
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