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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

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

A drop; a clot or coagulation.

A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc.

A drop; a clot or coagulation.

A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc.

Hereditary metabolic disorder characterized by recurrent acute arthritis, hyperuricemia and deposition of sodium urate in and around the joints, sometimes with formation of uric acid calculi.

A disease, marked by painful swelling and inflammation of the joints, especially of the great toe.

Goutiness.

Goutiness.

A disease of metabolism characterized by recurrent attacks of arthritis, particularly in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe, though any joint may be attacked, by deposits of sodium biuret in and around the affected joints, and by inflammation of fibrous structures elsewhere.

Goutiness.

A disease of the smaller joints, and esp. of the great toe.

Goutiness.

A disease manifested by painful inflammation of a joint, as of the great toe.

Articular inflammation, uricemia, etc.

A disease affecting the joints.

A constitutional disease giving rise to a peculiar inflammation in the smaller joints, and having its regular seat in the largest joint of the great toe, so called as supposed to be caused by a humour deposited in drops; a clot; a drop.

A well-known painful disease of the joints or extremities, confined almost wholly to the higher classes and high livers.

The gout was formerly regarded as a catarrh, and received its name from (F.) goutte, (L.) gutta, 'a drop'; because it was believed to be produced by a liquid, which distilled, goutte a goutte, 'drop by drop', on the diseased part. This name, which seems to have been first used about the year 1270, has been admitted into the different languages of Europe. Gout is an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints. It almost always attacks, first, the great toe; whence it passes to the other smaller joints, after having produced, or been attended with, various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs: after this, it may attack the greater articulations. It is an affection which is extremely fugitive, and variable in its recurrence. It may be acquired or hereditary. In the former case, it rarely appears before the age of thirty-five; in the latter, it is frequently observed earlier. It is often difficult to distinguish it from rheumatism. A combination is, indeed, supposed to exist sometimes; hence called Rheumatic gout. During the paroxysm or fit, a burning, lancinating pain is experienced in the affected joint, attended with tumefaction, tension, and redness. One or more joints may be attacked, either at the same time or in succession; and, in either case, the attack terminates by resolution in a few days. This is the Arthritis acuta seu inftammatoria seu regularis, Regular gout, Arthrosia podagra regularis, Arthragra legitima seu vera seu genuina seu normalis, (F.) Goutte reguliere chaude. At other times, pains in the joints exist, of more or less acute character; the swelling being without redness. These pains persist, augment, and diminish irregularly, without exhibiting intermission, and, consequently, without having distinct paroxysms. The disease is then called atonic, asthenic, imperfect or irregular gout, Chronic G., Arthritis atonica seu asthenica, Arthrosia Podagra larvata, Dysarthritis. It is, also, commonly called in France Goutte froide, Goutte blauche. It may appear primarily, or succeed attacks of regular gout. Gout does not always confine itself to the joints. It may attack the internal organs: when it is called Arthritis aberrans seu erratica seu planetica, Arthragra anomala, Podagra aberrans, Vareni, Wandering, misplaced, or anomalous gout, (F.) Goutte vague. Retrograde gout, Arthritis retrograda, Podagra retrograda, Arthrosia Podagra complicata, Recedent or misplaced gout, (F.) Goutte remontee, G. malplacee, G. rentree, is when it leaves the joints suddenly and attacks some internal organ, as the stomach, intestines, lungs, brain, &c. Gout is also called, according to the part it may affect, Podagra, Gonugra, Chiragra, &c. It may be acute or chronic, and may give rise to concretions, which are chiefly composed of urate of soda. See Calculus, (arthritic.) It may, also, give occasion to nodosities, when it is called Arthritis nodosa, (F.) Goutte nouee. The treatment is of the antiphlogistic kind, and the local disorder should be but little interfered with. Colchicum seems to have great power over the disease. It forms the basis of the Eau medicinale d'Husson, a celebrated French gout-remedy. The bowels must be kept regular by rhubarb and magnesia; and a recurrence of the disease be prevented by abstemious habits.

Painful constitutional disease with joint inflammation and chalky deposits.

An acute or chronic diathetic disease manifested by the excessive formation of uric acid. Clinically, there are repeated attacks of acute arthritis most frequently localized in the joints of the toes. After a number of attacks, urate of sodium is deposited about the affected joints forming the so-called "tophi."

n. [French, Latin] A painful constitutional disease; inflammation of the joints, particularly of the great toe—in its last stages it attacks the stomach.

n. [French, Latin] Taste; relish.

A periodical disease attended with great pain.

A taste.