gout
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Definitions ofgout
- 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.
Synonyms: "crystalline arthritis", "gouty arthritis", urarthritis
- (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
- A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
- To spurt.
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