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gout

gout

18 4.5
A disease that makes joints, often the big toe, painful and swollen from too much uric acid
  • noun
  • /ɡaʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : gota
  • After eating a rich meal, he experienced a sudden attack of gout in his big toe.

This can cause you to have a much higher increased rate of gout attack if you have gout.

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Examples

  • I take Diclofenac daily for my gout; it keeps it well under control and pain-free.

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  • And crystal disorders like gout or pseudo gout as these crystals deposit in your joints, they cause inflammation and that causes destruction in your joint.

  • We'll discuss later today that it's the cause of gout, a very common human condition.

  • Wish I could do the same, but gout is a terrible thing to have.

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  • Unless, of course, you have gout.

  • The queen's had an attack of gout.

  • Information on GoutPal is provided by a gout patient to help you understand gout and related issues.

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  • Among the treatments that are offered are gout medication, lifestyle changes, diet modifications, and surgery.

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  • He's known also for his work on hysteria and on gout, from which he himself was a great sufferer.

  • A cripple wheeled about in a chair, worn out by gout and a myriad of diseases.

Synonyms

gouty arthritis
vsgout
  • Specialized
4.3

Painful joint swelling caused by uric acid crystals, often in the big toe

is described as inflammation from excess uric acid in the blood
urarthritis
vsgout
  • Specialized
9.9

A painful swelling in a joint, often the big toe, caused by too much uric acid in the blood

is explained as inflammation from excess uric acid in blood without naming metabolic cause

Antonyms

1.0

The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury

52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

Surface Forms

gout singular
gouts plural

Etymology

Gout comes from the Latin word gutta 'a drop', because old doctors thought the pain came from drops of bad fluid settling in the joints. So the name stuck and gout now means the painful joint swelling we call gout today.