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gummatous

gummatous adjective: producing, containing, or resembling, gumma.

Adjective

gummatous (comparative more gummatous, superlative most gummatous)

  1. Producing, containing, or resembling, gumma.
    • gummatous disease
    • gummatous meningitis

Forms of gummatous

comparativemore gummatous
superlativemost gummatous

Origin of gummatous

From gumma + -ous.

Words formed from gummatous

Questions about gummatous

What does gummatous mean?
Gummatous means producing, containing, or resembling, gumma.
What part of speech is gummatous?
Gummatous is an adjective.

Words near gummatous in the dictionary

  1. gumm
  2. gumma
  3. gummable
  4. gummas
  5. gummata
  6. gummatous
  7. gumme
  8. gummed
  9. gummed up
  10. gummed up the works
  11. gumment

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