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1. (n.) gout
a painful inflammation, esp. of the big toe, characterized by an excess of uric acid in the blood that leads to crystalline deposits in the small joints.
2. gout
a mass or splash, as of blood; spurt.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME goute < OF < L gutta a drop (of fluid); gout in the feet formerly was attributed to drops of a corrupted humor)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis
a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gout
a drop; a clot or coagulation
2. (noun) gout
a constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc
3. (noun) gout
a disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn
4. (noun) gout
taste; relish
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. gout
Hereditary metabolic disorder characterized by recurrent acute arthritis, hyperuricemia and deposition of sodium urate in and around the joints, sometimes with formation of uric acid calculi.
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