name
Meaning 1
Alternative form of Gunma.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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gumma
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noun
Meaning 2
a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
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Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: granuloma
History
Etymology
From an early Hepburn romanization of Japanese 群(ぐん)馬(ま) (Gunma).
Borrowed from New Latin gumma, extended in meaning from Late Latin gumma (“gum, resin”), a late form of cummis, cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), of Egyptian origin. Doublet of gum (Etymology 2).
Across languages
Translations
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- Finnish: kuppapahkura — granuloma resulting from syphilis