gout
IPA: gˈaʊt
noun
- (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
- (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
- (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
- (obsolete) taste; relish
verb
- (intransitive) To spurt.
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Examples of "gout" in Sentences
- These agents are used to treat gout.
- Limping is a frequent symptom of gout.
- This form of gout is known as pseudogout.
- By this time he was sick and gout ridden.
- This condition is known as saturnine gout .
- Hyperuricemia is the underlying cause of gout.
- An overabundance of this chemical in the body causes gout.
- Colchicine is a mitotic inhibitor used in the treatment of gout.
- I think what appears to be gout is more likely a hydraulic leak.
- It is also known as the the chloropid gout fly or barley gout fly.
- It is also known as the the 'chloropid gout fly' or 'barley gout fly'.
- My gout is killing me today, so I'm stuck here at my computer to do my boy scout duties.
- French for 'soil' or 'earth', used in a very special sense in the phrase gout de terroir, or, taste of the soil...
- • Uric Acid: This acid is elevated in gout and has been associated with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
- Morality was touched upon: gout is less frequently encountered in countries where people are less frequently guilty of ‘errors in living.’
- On 15 August, fearing a lack of supplies, and suffering severely from what his biographers call gout and from impaired eyesight, he left his new discoveries and steered for Haiti.
- Though, the word gout refers to increased level of uric acid in the body, it has been seen that people with high uric acid in their blood have survived happily without ever attaining gout.
- This malady is liable to distort the fingers and knees, and is usually called gout or rheumatism; the former of which is liable to disable the fingers by chalk-stones, and thence to have somewhat a similar appearance.
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