podagra

[poh-dag-ruh, pod-uh-gruh]

noun

Pathology.

1. gouty inflammation of the great toe.

podagra

/ pəˈdæɡrə /

noun

1. gout of the foot or big toe

Other Word Forms

• podagral adjective
• podagric adjective
• podagrous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of podagra¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of podagra¹

C15: via Latin from Greek, from pous foot + agra a trap

Example Sentences

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

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Varro reckons up thirty thousand gods; Lucian makes Podagra, the gout, a goddess, and assigns her priests and ministers.

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Distortiones penis e podagra, lue, rheuraatismo, et gonorrhoea impotentem faciunt virum quandoque immedicabiliter.

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Podagra, pō-dag′ra, n. gout in the feet.—adjs.

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

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