Path. Pl. -ata. [f. SYPHILIS + -oma, as in sarcoma.] A syphilitic tumor. Hence Syphilomatous a.
1864–79. Bumstead, Ven. Dis. (ed. 4), 645. The syphiloma may form a circumscribed tumor, or may be diffused over a large area. Ibid. Syphilomata of the spinal dura mater.
1898. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., V. 678. Syphiloma is another cause of hepatic ascites.
1903. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 4 April, 773. Syphilomatous tissue always forms rapidly.
