gout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    urarthritis; gouty arthritis.

WordNet

Gout noun
Etymology
F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.
Definitions
  1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.
    On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. Shak.
  2. (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It constists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which, it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathettic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc. Dunglison.
  3. A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn.

Webster 1913