yellow gumn.

Brit.

/ˈjɛləʊ ɡʌm/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊ ˌɡəm/

Forms: 1700s– yellow gum, 1900s– yalla gum.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., gum n.¹

Etymology: < yellow adj. + gum n.¹, probably after red gum n.¹ Compare yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2e.

Now Scottish.

Jaundice occurring in an infant in the first few days of life (typically as the result of immaturity of enzyme systems involved in bilirubin metabolism); neonatal jaundice. Sc. National Dict. (at Yella) records this word as still in use (in form yalla gum) in Aberdeenshire in 1974.

ΚΠ

1781 J. Sims Foster's Princ. & Pract. Midwifery iv. 313 There is a species of jaundice called by some the yellow gum, which frequently proves fatal to children.

1789 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (rev. ed.) I. 36 Nurses have usually accounted the common yellowness that appears about the third day after birth, (termed by some the yellow-gum) as the true jaundice.

1815 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 11 456 The yellow-gum soon came on.

1916 H. L. Elsner Monogr. Med. VI. 670 Physiologic icterus, or the usual icterus neonatorum, also known as yellow gum, is found in the majority of babes soon after birth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yellow gum
释义	yellow gumn. Brit. /ˈjɛləʊ ɡʌm/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊ ˌɡəm/ Forms: 1700s– yellow gum, 1900s– yalla gum. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., gum n.¹ Etymology: < yellow adj. + gum n.¹, probably after red gum n.¹ Compare yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2e. Now Scottish. Jaundice occurring in an infant in the first few days of life (typically as the result of immaturity of enzyme systems involved in bilirubin metabolism); neonatal jaundice. Sc. National Dict. (at Yella) records this word as still in use (in form yalla gum) in Aberdeenshire in 1974. ΚΠ 1781 J. Sims Foster's Princ. & Pract. Midwifery iv. 313 There is a species of jaundice called by some the yellow gum, which frequently proves fatal to children. 1789 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (rev. ed.) I. 36 Nurses have usually accounted the common yellowness that appears about the third day after birth, (termed by some the yellow-gum) as the true jaundice. 1815 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 11 456 The yellow-gum soon came on. 1916 H. L. Elsner Monogr. Med. VI. 670 Physiologic icterus, or the usual icterus neonatorum, also known as yellow gum, is found in the majority of babes soon after birth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1781
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