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CHALKSTONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chalkstone mean?
• CHALKSTONE (noun)
The noun CHALKSTONE has 1 sense:
1. a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout
Familiarity information: CHALKSTONE used as a noun is very 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 ("chalkstone" is a kind of...):
urate (a salt of uric acid)
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