podagra
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of podagra
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin < Greek podágra literally, foot-trap, equivalent to pod- pod- + ágra a catching, seizure
Example Sentences
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Opening the sciatic vein relieved podagra and elephantiasis; menstrual problems were alleviated by cutting the saphenous vein.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
"When we have burnt all this," said he, pointing to the moxa, "his Highness will soon have a podagra as good as can be found in the country."
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
The country was in peril only from disorders due to excess of prosperity, the podagra of the state.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
Unnoticeably to themselves and altogether unnoticeably, of course, to the casual glance, they cautiously right themselves; or, more correctly, fade until they grow a belly unto themselves, and acquire podagra and diseases of the liver.
From Yama: the pit by Bernard Guilbert Guerney
Here's podagra, and jaundice, and a few fits.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
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