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tophus
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noun (n)
- a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.(noun)source: webster1913