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| gout [ gowt ] (plural gouts) |
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1. disease causing swollen joints: a metabolic disorder mainly affecting men in which excess uric acid is produced and deposited in the joints, causing painful swelling, especially in the toes and feet
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2. blob: a large blob or clot of something, usually of blood
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin gutta "drop of liquid"; from the belief that gout was caused by drops of a morbid fluid in the blood] |
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