Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
TOPHUS
tartar, calculus, tophus
(noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
tophus, chalkstone
(noun) a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tophus (plural tophi)
(medicine) A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.
Anagrams
• Houpts, Pushto, shot up, upshot
Source: Wiktionary
To"phus, n.; pl. Tophi. Etym: [NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral concretion in the joint. See Toph.] [Written also tofus.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.
2. (Min.)
Definition: Calcareous tufa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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