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gout

UK/ɡʌut/ US/ɡaʊt/ uncommon obsolete rare

noun

1.

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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Origin

From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte and gutta. The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints".

Phrases

  • French gout
  • gout fly
  • gout ivy
  • gout plant
  • gout stalk

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