gout

(gowt) [L. gutta, drop.] disease of metabolism characterized by recurrent attacks of arthritis, particularly in the me tatar so phalangeal joint of the great toe, though any joint' may be attacked, by deposits of sodium biuret in and around the affected joints, and by inflammation of fibrous structures elsewhere, abartic'ular g., g. involving other structures than the joints. artic'ular g., the usual form of g. attacking one or more of the joints, irreg'ular g., abarticular g. la'tent g., goutine , the so-called uric-acid diath—scaly esis, a condition marked by gouty symptoms in the joints, etc., without a frank involvement of the great toe or other articulation, lead g., saturnine g. masked g., latent g. misplaced' g., retrocedent g. poor-man's g., g. occurring in persons subject to exposure and privation and distinctly not attributable to dietetic errors on the side of exce , reg'ular g., articular g rheum at'ic g., an ill-defined condition in which symptoms of chronic rheumatism are a ociated with uratic deposits in and around the joints.