Gout Definition

gout
gouts
noun
gouts
A hereditary form of recurrent, acute arthritis with swelling and severe pain, characterized by an excess of uric acid in the blood and deposits of uric acid salts, usually in the joints of the feet and hands, esp. in the big toe.
Webster's New World
A large splash, clot, glob, etc.
Webster's New World

(usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.

Wiktionary

(rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.

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Other Word Forms of Gout

Noun

Singular:
gout
Plural:
gouts

Origin of Gout

  • Middle English goute from Old French drop, gout from Medieval Latin gutta from Latin drop (from the belief that gout was caused by drops of morbid humors)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”)

    From Wiktionary

Gout Sentence Examples

  • Guillaume Courtois died of gout on the 15th of June 1679.

  • Knit goods are manufactured, but the importance of the place is due to its sulphur springs, the waters of which are used for the treatment of skin diseases, gout, rheumatism, etc., and to the tonic air and fine scenery.

  • Soon after the expedition started he was prostrated by rheumatic gout, and the actual command devolved upon General Richard Montgomery.

  • In visceral gout and chronic catarrhal conditions of the stomach a course of alkaline waters is distinctly beneficial.

  • As a specific for gout colchicum was early employed by the Arabs; and the preparation known as eau medicinale, much resorted to in the 18th century for the cure of gout, owes its therapeutic virtues to colchicum; but general attention was first directed by Sir Everard Home to the use of the drug in gout.

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Words Starting With

GGOGOU

Words Ending With

TUTOUT

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Words Starting With G and Ending With T

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With G4 Letter Words Ending With T