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red-gum

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.

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Topics: medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: tooth rash

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Meaning 2

rust on grain

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Meaning 3

Alternative form of redgum.

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Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning 4

Alternative form of red gum.

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History

Etymology

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound (“pus, matter”).