Associations to the word «Gumma»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

GUMMA, noun. A small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats