▪ I. gummose, a.1
(gʌˈməʊs)
[ad. L. gummōs-us: see gummous and -ose.]
= gummous.
| 1678 R. R[ussell] Geber iv. vi. 250 Grind clear and gummose Sulphurvive to a most subtile Powder. 1702 Sir J. Floyer in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1171 The Leaves of Liquorish feel gummose. 1743 tr. Heister's Surg. 372 When the Eyelids are glued together by a gummose and inspissated Matter. |
▪ II. gummose, a.2 Path.
(gʌˈməʊs)
[f. gumma + -ose.]
= gummatous.
| 1869 New Syd. Soc. Bienn. Retrosp. 346 Dr. Hippel describes a gummose tumour involving all the coats of the eye... A microscopic examination by Prof. Neumann, determined it to be a gummose syphilitic growth. |