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chalkstone

[chawk-stohn]
noun Pathology.
  1. a chalklike concretion in the tissues or small joints of a person with gout.
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Origin of chalkstone

1350–1400; Middle English, for sense “limestone”; 1730–40 for current sense. See chalk, stone
Related formschalk·ston·y, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for chalkstone

chalkstone

noun
  1. pathol another name for tophus
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