gout
pronunciation
How to pronounce gout in British English:
UK [gaʊt]
How to pronounce gout in American English:
US [ɡaʊt]
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- Noun:
- a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
Word Origin
- gout
- gout: [13] Latin gutta meant literally ‘drop’ (the spelling of gutta in English gutta percha [19] shows its influence, although in fact the term originated in Malay getah percha ‘gum tree’). It was applied metaphorically to various diseases ascribed to the precipitation of fluids from one part of the body to another, among them pain in the joints which was supposed to be caused by poisonous material deposited from the blood (not far wide of the mark, for the condition now known as gout is due to the accumulation of uricacid products in the joints). English acquired the word via Old French goute.=> gutter
- gout (n.)
- joint disease, c. 1200, from Old French gote "a drop, bead; the gout, rheumatism" (10c., Modern French goutte), from Latin gutta "a drop," in Medieval Latin "gout," a word of unknown origin. The disease was thought to be caused by drops of viscous humors seeping from the blood into the joints, which turns out to be close to the modern scientific explanation.
Example
- 1. Take of the body during a gout attack .
- 2. Treatment for gout usually involves medications .
- 3. More than 8 million americans currently have gout .
- 4. Some people have rich uric acid levels , but never experience gout .
- 5. Aristolochic acids are sometimes used in herbal medicines to treat conditions like arthritis and gout .