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GOUTY ARTHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gouty arthritis mean? 

GOUTY ARTHRITIS (noun)
  The noun GOUTY ARTHRITIS 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 jointsplay

  Familiarity information: GOUTY ARTHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOUTY ARTHRITIS (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 ("gouty arthritis" is a kind of...):

arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)


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