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TOPHUS (tophi)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tophus mean?
• TOPHUS (noun)
The noun TOPHUS has 2 senses:
1. a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout
2. an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
Familiarity information: TOPHUS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
chalkstone; tophus
Hypernyms ("tophus" is a kind of...):
urate (a salt of uric acid)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("tophus" is a kind of...):
crust; encrustation; incrustation (a hard outer layer that covers something)
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