podagra

American  

[poh-dag-ruh, pod-uh-gruh] / poʊˈdæg rə, ˈpɒd ə grə /

noun

Pathology.

1. gouty inflammation of the great toe.

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podagra British  

/ pəˈdæɡrə /

noun

1. gout of the foot or big toe

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Other Word Forms

• podagral
  adjective
• podagric
  adjective
• podagrous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of podagra

1250–1300; Middle English < Latin < Greek podágra literally, foot-trap, equivalent to pod- pod- + ágra a catching, seizure

Example Sentences

Opening the sciatic vein relieved podagra and elephantiasis; menstrual problems were alleviated by cutting the saphenous vein.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Horace gives a most correct idea of this class in these well-known lines:— "Hunc neque dira venena, nec hosticus auferet ensis Nec laterum dolor, aut tussis aut tarda podagra, Garrulus hunc quando consumet."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

The Merry Monarch made Clarendon's bedroom his council-chamber when the Chancellor was confined to his couch by podagra.

From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy

This is the prince of leeches; fever, plague, Cold rheum, and hot podagra, do but look on him, And quit their grasp upon the tortured sinews.

From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir

Here's podagra, and jaundice, and a few fits.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe