gum. 1

[L. gummi.'] The dried exuded sap from a number of trees and shrubs, forming an amorphous brittle ma ;it forms usua lly a mucilaginous solution in water. 2. [A.S. goma, jaw.] Gingiva, the fibrous ti ue covering the alveolar proce es of the jaws; see gums. 3. An acne i form eruption in the infant, ac'aroid acaroid resin, an'imal g., a gum-like hydrocarbon derived from mucin, black -boy g., acaroid resin.* blue g.. Eucalyptus globulus. Bot'any Bay g., acaroid resin.* Brit'ish g., dextrin. Cape g., a g. resembling g. arable, from Acacia horrid a of South Africa, doc'tor g., a, g. from Rhus me to pium, a South American tree. g. ar'abic, acacia, g. ben'jam in, benzoin, g. guai'- acum, guaiac i resina, guaiacum.* g. thus, American frankincense, an exudate from Pinus sylvestris. g. trag'acanth, tragacanth a. Hogg g., doctor g. red g., strophulus. Sen'egal g., sembling gum arable from a species of Acacia growing in Australia, white g., miliaria alba in infants.