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Tophus

noun
(pl. tophi)  (Written also tofus)
1.
A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout.  Synonym: chalkstone.
2.
An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums.  Synonyms: calculus, tartar.






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"Tophus" Quotes from Famous Books



... besides two lesser ones to each of the great ones, and under the same roof with them. The bellows were made of wood, and every thing else as in the Swedish forges. The ore is got two and a half miles from the iron-works, and is carried thither on sledges. It is a kind of moor-ore (Tophus Tubalcaini: Linn. Syst. Nat., lib. iii., p. 187, note 5), which lies in veins within six inches or a foot from the surface of the ground. Each vein is from six to eighteen inches deep, and below it is a white sand. The veins are surrounded with this sand on both sides, and ...
— The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Warburton



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