tophus

American  

[toh-fuhs] / ˈtoʊ fəs /

noun

Pathology.

plural

tophi

1. a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.

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tophus British  

/ ˈtəʊfəs, təʊˈfeɪʃəs /

noun

1. Also called: chalkstone.  pathol a deposit of sodium urate in the helix of the ear or surrounding a joint: a diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout

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Other Word Forms

• tophaceous adjective

Etymology

Origin of tophus

1545–55; < Latin tōphus, tōfus tufa

Example Sentences

A native arch Of pumice light, and tophus dry, was form'd; And from the right a stream transparent flow'd, Of trivial size, which spread a pool below; With grassy margin circled.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Concreta, coagulated from particles agglutinated at random; as urinary and salivary calculi; tartar of wine; pumice, formed by fire; stalactite, formed by air; tophus, produced under water, as oolite.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

Smooth, dark gray tophus predominates; it forms the bed of the Rio Pasig, and rising forms hillocks in the vicinity of the city of Binangonan.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat

Among the multitude of stones there is tophus.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

It is dissolved into ochre, and regenerated into tophus.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William