The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gumma \Gum"ma\ (g[u^]m"m[.a]), n.; pl. Gummata. [NL. So called from its gummy contents See Gum.] (Med.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of gumma English)
WordNet
n. a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
[also: gummata (pl)]
See gumma
Usage examples of "gummata".
Stephen had several patients, two with syphilitic gummata who were near their ends and some serious pulmonary cases, but he knew that to the naval mind only an amputation really counted, and he replied, 'He is coming along quite well, I thank you: more comfortable in his mind and body than I had expected.
Arthur Grimble was one of the syphilitic gummata cases:Stephen and Macmillan had operated to relieve the pressure on his brain.
You will remember what I told you about gummata and the third generation?
He showed Stephen his few cases, and they lingered a while over a seaman whose inoperable gummata were pressing on his brain in such a manner that his speech followed an inverted logic of its own.