gummatous, a. Path.
(ˈgʌmətəs)
[f. mod.L. gummat- gumma + -ous.]
Of the nature of or resembling a gumma. gummatous tumour = gumma.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. x. 356 If there be gummatous Tumours..Sarsa is proper. 1745 Amyand in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 296 She had a gummatous Swelling..on the right Arm. 1861 Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 594 Gummatous ulcers..are always upon the upper surface of the tongue. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 190 The development of gummatous tissue. |