Gout is a disease which causes people's joints to swell painfully, especially in their toes.
gout in British English
(ɡaʊt)
noun
1.
a metabolic disease characterized by painful inflammation of certain joints, esp of the big toe and foot, caused by deposits of sodium urate in them
2. archaic
a drop or splash, esp of blood
Derived forms
gouty (ˈgouty)
adjective
goutily (ˈgoutily)
adverb
goutiness (ˈgoutiness)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French goute gout (thought to result from drops of humours), from Latin gutta a drop
goût in British English
French (ɡu)
noun
taste or good taste
gout in American English
(gaʊt)
noun
1.
a hereditary form of recurrent, acute arthritis with swelling and severe pain, resulting from a disturbance of uric acid metabolism and characterized by an excess of uric acid in the blood and deposits of uric acid salts, usually in the joints of the feet and hands, esp. in the big toe
2.
a large splash, clot, glob, etc.
Word origin
ME goute < OFr, gout, lit., a drop < L gutta, a drop: orig. attributed to a discharge of drops of humors
Examples of 'gout' in a sentence
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It is also possible to unintentionally combine gout drugs with other medicines and this could be dangerous.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley (ed) The Medicine Chest - your family's guide to prescription drugs (1988)
If you are aware that you are allergic to any gout drugs then do tell them so.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley (ed) The Medicine Chest - your family's guide to prescription drugs (1988)
In the 1950s it was used in humans to treat rheumatoid arthritis and gout?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I would get gout in one or both ankles and sometimes in my knees.
The Sun (2012)
His letters of the period make more mention of gout and arthritis than of his heart but it is not clear how persistent these were.
Judd, Alan Ford Madox Ford (1990)
FROZEN peas can help treat gout.
The Sun (2009)
Obesity increases the risk of getting gout because of the extra pressure put on joints and changes to body chemistry that are caused caused by excess fat.
The Sun (2009)
Conditions such as arthritis, gout, osteoporosis and fungal infections can all reflect an overly acidic system.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A drug used to treat gout could cut diabetics' risk of suffering heart attacks, a trial suggests.