GOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gout mean? 

• GOUT (noun)
  The noun GOUT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: GOUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

gout; gouty arthritis; urarthritis

Hypernyms ("gout" is a kind of...):

arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)

Derivation:

gouty (suffering from gout)

 Context examples 

Anti-gout agents may reduce inflammation, stimulate elimination of uric acid, or increase production of uric acid.

(Anti-gout Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

Gout can be hard to diagnose.

(Gout, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Certain diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout, can also lead to heel problems.

(Heel Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Well, I got my husband back all right; when we arrived at Exeter there was a carriage waiting for us, and in it, though he had an attack of gout, Mr. Hawkins.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“A Welsh dagsman, i' faith! C'etait mauvais gout, camarade, and the more so when she had a jolly archer and a lusty man-at-arms to choose from.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the way, nephew, said he, gout or no gout, and whether Abernethy likes it or not, we must be down at Crawley to-night.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Certain allelic variants of the HPRT1 gene cause HPRT-related gout or Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.

(HPRT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

He was ordered to walk to keep off the gout, and Mrs Croft seemed to go shares with him in everything, and to walk for her life to do him good.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

A drug used to treat gout (inflamed joints caused by a buildup of uric acid).

(Colchicine, NCI Dictionary)

Both the acid and its sodium salt are used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic or musculoskeletal disorders, dysmenorrhea, and acute gout.

(Naproxen, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)