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red-gum

red-gum noun: a rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus. Also the alternative form of redgum.

Noun

red-gum

  1. A rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
    Synonyms:
    tooth rash
  2. rust on grain

Also used as

red-gum is also the alternative form of redgum.

red-gum is also the alternative form of red gum.

Synonyms of red-gum

  • tooth rash

Forms of red-gum

alternative formred gum
alternative form (archaic)red gown

Origin of red-gum

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

Questions about red-gum

What does red-gum mean?
Red-gum means a rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
What part of speech is red-gum?
Red-gum is a noun.

Words near red-gum in the dictionary

  1. red-green color blindnesses
  2. red-green colour blindness
  3. red-green-brown alliance
  4. red-green-brown alliances
  5. red-greens
  6. red-gum
  7. red-haired
  8. red-handed
  9. red-handedly
  10. red-handedness
  11. red-headed

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