gouty deposit

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• tophus — tophaceous /teuh fay sheuhs/, adj. /toh feuhs/, n., pl. tophi / fuy/. Pathol. a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., esp. in gout; a gouty deposit. [1545 55; < L tophus, tofus TUFA] * * * …   Universalium

• tophus — /ˈtoʊfəs/ (say tohfuhs) noun (plural tophi /ˈtoʊfaɪ/ (say tohfuy)) a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit. {Latin, variant of tōfus sandstone} …  

• tophus — n. (pl. tophi) 1 Med. a gouty deposit of crystalline uric acid and other substances at the surface of joints. 2 Geol. = TUFA. Etymology: L, name of loose porous stones …   Useful english dictionary

• Tophus — A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas of the body in gout. The word tophus comes via Latin from the Greek tophos meaning a porous volcanic stone. In chronic (tophaceous) gout,… …   Medical dictionary

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