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to·phus (fəs)

noun pl. tophi -·phi (-fī)

Med. an abnormal mineral deposit, as of calcium carbonate, about the joints, on the roots of the teeth, etc., in a person who has the gout; chalkstone

Etymology: L, tufa

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