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  • noun Plural form of gumma.

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  • "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..."

    --Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 140

    March 4, 2008