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gout⋅y

  [gou-tee]
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–adjective, gout⋅i⋅er, gout⋅i⋅est.
1. pertaining to or of the nature of gout.
2. causing gout.
3. diseased with or subject to gout.
4. swollen as if from gout.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; see gout, -y 1

Related forms:
gout⋅i⋅ly, adverb
gout⋅i⋅ness, noun
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gout   (gout)   
n.  
  1. A disturbance of uric-acid metabolism occurring chiefly in males, characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, especially of the feet and hands, and arthritic attacks resulting from elevated levels of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urate crystals around the joints. The condition can become chronic and result in deformity.
  2. A large blob or clot: "and makes it bleed great gouts of blood" (Oscar Wilde).

[Middle English goute, from Old French, drop, gout, from Medieval Latin gutta, from Latin, drop (from the belief that gout was caused by drops of morbid humors).]
gout'i·ness n., gout'y adj.
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Gouty

Gout"y\, a. 1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

2. Pertaining to the gout. "Gouty matter." --Blackmore.

3. Swollen, as if from gout. --Derham.

4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout.

Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.

Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: gouty
Pronunciation: 'gaut-E
Function: adjective
1 : diseased with gout gouty person>
2 : of,characteristic of, or caused by gout gouty paroxysm> <gouty concretions>
3 : causing or tending to induce gout <gouty wines>
4 : used or for use during an attack of gout <gouty shoes> —gout·i·ness /-n&s/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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