Meanings
alternative red gum · alternative archaic red gown
- medicineA rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
Synonyms: tooth rash
- alternativeAlternative form of redgum.
- alternativeAlternative form of red gum.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
Origin
- Middle Englishredgownd
- Englishred-gum
Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound (“pus, matter”).
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