tophus

Noun

Meaning

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.

Calcareous tufa.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

chalkstone dragon tartar stone coalition calculus pit gem compaction gemstone Tatar coalescence endocarp concretion calculous
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Hypernyms

crust urate incrustation

Derivatives

tophi

Anagrams

upshot Pushto

Close letter words and terms

tophet tophi tophin topi topia topiarian