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单词 tophaceous
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tophaceousadj.

/təʊˈfeɪʃəs/
Etymology: < Latin tōf-, tōphāceus, < tophus n.: see -aceous suffix.
1. Of the nature of tophus or toph; sandy, gritty; rough, stony.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > calcareous tuff
tophaceous1672
tophous1756
tophic1789
tufaceous1811
1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4064 It is scabrous or rough, sand~like, although the substance is Tophaceous.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 108 The tophaceous Hills and Cliffs about Andria in Apulia.
1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 221 The Waters of these hot Springs..are so replete with tophaceous Matter, that where ever they run, Masses of Tophus are formed.
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 535 The stalks are..incrusted with a kind of tophaceous coat, which is like sand between the teeth.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad iv. 698 Sapphire brooks on beds tophaceous play.
2. Pathology. Gritty or calcareous, as the matter deposited in gout.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > gout > concretion of gout
tophous1634
tophaceous1691
tophose1752
chalky1782
chalkstony1861
1691 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 553 The Generation of the Tophaceous Matter in the nodose Gout.
1728 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 493 That tophaceous gouty Substance commonly found about the Joints.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 643 Gouty, or so-called tophaceous, deposits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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