gout

名词 gout:

1. 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
   同义词：gouty arthritis, urarthritis

1. Forthwith there escaped a multitude of plagues for hapless man- such as gout, rheumatism, and colic for his body, and envy, spite, and revenge for his mind- and scattered themselves for and wide.
   立刻从里面冲出一大群使人遭受不幸的灾难－－如折磨人肉体的痛风、风湿、腹痛; 折磨人心灵的忌妒、怨恨、复仇－－－向四方飞散。
2. He was a martyr to gout.
   他受尽痛风之折磨。
3. He has been confined two months by gout.
   他因痛风病已臣庆两个月了。
4. Gout is a form of arthritis.
   痛风是关节炎的一种。

gout

n.（名词）
Pathology A disturbance of uric-acid metabolism occurring predominantly in males, characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, especially of the feet and hands, and arthritic attacks resulting from elevated levels of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urate crystals around the joints. The condition can become chronic and result in deformity.
【病理学】 痛风：主要发生在男性身上的一种尿酸新陈代谢障碍病，主要特征是关节疼痛发炎，特别是足部和手部的关节，由于血液中尿酸增多和关节周围的尿酸盐沉积而导致了关节的疼痛。这种状况持久了就变成慢性病并能导致残废
A large blob or clot:
一滴、一团或一块：
例句：
.and makes it bleed great gouts of blood.(Oscar Wilde)
.使它一大股一大股地流血.(奥斯卡·怀尔德)

来源：
Middle English goute
中古英语 goute
from Old French [drop, gout]
源自 古法语 [滴，块]
from Medieval Latin gutta
源自 中世纪拉丁语 gutta
from Latin [drop (from the belief that gout was caused by drops of morbid humors)]
源自 拉丁语 [来源于这么一个说法：痛风是人的心情不好而造成的]

【引伸】
gout.iness
n.（名词）
gout.y
adj.（形容词）