GOUTY

gouty

(adjective) suffering from gout

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gouty (comparative goutier, superlative goutiest)

Suffering from gout.

Synonyms

• gout-ridden

Anagrams

• guyot

Source: Wiktionary


Gout"y, a.

1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

2. Pertaining to the gout. "Gouty matter." Blackmore.

3. Swollen, as if from gout. Derham.

4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] Spenser. Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout.

– Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.

– Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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