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
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
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
Not just yet, while podagra deprives them of an essential member of their body.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
"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
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