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Tophaceous gout — A chronic form of gout. Nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft tissue areas of the body. Even though tophi are most commonly found as hard nodules around the fingers, at the tips of the elbows, and around the … Medical dictionary
gout — A disorder of purine metabolism, occurring especially in men, characterized by a raised but variable blood uric acid level and severe recurrent acute arthritis of sudden onset resulting from deposition of crystals of sodium … Medical dictionary
Gout — Podagra redirects here. For the moth genus, see Podagra (moth). Gout Classification and external resources Gout, a 1799 caricature by James Gillray … Wikipedia
tophaceous — Sandy; gritty; pertaining to or manifesting the features of a tophus. [L. tophaceus] * * * to·pha·ceous tə fā shəs adj relating to, being, or characterized by the occurrence of tophi <tophaceous deposits> <tophaceous gout> * * *… … Medical dictionary
chalky gout — tophaceous g … Medical dictionary
tophus — tophaceous /teuh fay sheuhs/, adj. /toh feuhs/, n., pl. tophi / fuy/. Pathol. a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., esp. in gout; a gouty deposit. [1545 55; < L tophus, tofus TUFA] * * * … Universalium
Tophus — A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas of the body in gout. The word tophus comes via Latin from the Greek tophos meaning a porous volcanic stone. In chronic (tophaceous) gout,… … Medical dictionary
cheiragra — chei·ra·gra (ki ragґrə) [cheir + agra] gout of the hand, especially tophaceous gout with torsion of the fingers … Medical dictionary
pretophaceous — |prē+ adjective Etymology: pre + tophaceous : existing before the development of tophi pretophaceous stage of gout … Useful english dictionary
