What is the meaning of Tophus?

  • (n.) Calcareous tufa.
  • (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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