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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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