gouty
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gout
(gout)n.
1. A disturbance of uric-acid metabolism occurring chiefly in males, characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, especially of the feet and hands, and arthritic attacks resulting from elevated levels of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urate crystals around the joints. The condition can become chronic and result in deformity.
2. A large blob or clot: "and makes it bleed great gouts of blood" (Oscar Wilde).
[Middle English goute, from Old French, drop, gout, from Medieval Latin gutta, from Latin, drop (from the belief that gout was caused by drops of morbid humors).]
gout′i·ness n.
gout′y adj.
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gout•y
(ˈgaʊ ti)adj. gout•i•er, gout•i•est.
1. pertaining to or of the nature of gout.
2. causing gout.
3. having or subject to gout.
4. swollen as if from gout.
[1375–1425]
gout′i•ly, adv.
gout′i•ness, n.
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