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TOPHUS
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Irregular inflected form: tophi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("tophus" is a kind of...):
crust; encrustation; incrustation (a hard outer layer that covers something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout
Synonyms:
chalkstone; tophus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tophus" is a kind of...):
urate (a salt of uric acid)
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