chalkstone

[ chawk-stohn ]

/ ˈtʃɔkˌstoʊn /

noun Pathology.

a chalklike concretion in the tissues or small joints of a person with gout.

Nearby words

chalk-mark, chalkboard, chalkface, chalkpit, chalkrail, chalkstone, chalky, challah, challenge, challenge diet, challenged

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

/ (ˈtʃɔːkˌstəʊn) /

noun

pathol another name for tophus

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