Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Diseased with or subject to the gout: as, a gouty person; a gouty constitution.
- Pertaining to the gout: as, gouty matter.—
- Figuratively, swollen out of proper proportion; tumid; protuberant.
- Boggy: as, gouty land
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Diseased with, or subject to, the gout
- adjective Pertaining to the gout.
- adjective Swollen, as if from gout.
- adjective obsolete Boggy.
- adjective bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout.
- adjective calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.
- adjective an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.
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- adjective
Suffering fromgout .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suffering from gout
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Examples
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In gout, crystals of uric acid are deposited in the joints, where they cause a type of arthritis called gouty arthritis.
unknown title 2009
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It is precisely because they are quite otherwise that it has been deemed advisable systematically to disparage them -- to declare our Pianos "gouty" structures -- "mere wood and iron;" our
Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Horace Greeley 1841
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Simply cutting programs like Medicaid is like putting a Band-Aid on a gouty toe.
Maggie Kozel, M.D.: Why Medicaid Cuts Harm Us All M.D. Maggie Kozel 2011
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I met his children, and his gouty father-in-law seated by a spittoon.
Before Liberty Was a Lady Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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The most common site of gouty arthritis is the big toe.
Maggie Kozel, M.D.: Why Medicaid Cuts Harm Us All M.D. Maggie Kozel 2011
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"Old Fuss and Feathers," they called the huge, gouty war hero, but Gen. Scott made sure Lincoln could take the oath without violence.
Ken Blackwell: What Can Rahm Be Thinking? Ken Blackwell 2010
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Novartis had submitted Ilaris as a treatment option in adult patients with gouty arthritis, who cannot be adequately treated with anti-inflammatory products.
Novartis Seen Gaining as Merck Scraps MS Drug Goran Mijuk 2011
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By the way, my gouty toe has acted up again, and I spent much of this past week lying down with my foot propped up ... again. * sigh* Feeling a bit better now, but my foot keeps cramping up because of the unnatural effort of walking in such a way as to keep the weight off the afflicted toe.
Since everyone seems to be in season . . . superversive 2009
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He noted that while the European Union decision was pending he expects sales of around $750 million in gouty arthritis by 2016.
Novartis Seen Gaining as Merck Scraps MS Drug Goran Mijuk 2011
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Novartis now aims to market Ilaris to treat gouty arthritis, also known as gout, a disease that is also triggered by overproduction of interleukin-1 beta.
Novartis Seeks New Use for Ilaris Jeanne Whalen 2011
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