1. a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints; [syn: gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gouty arthritis
n 1: a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by
defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of
the acid and its salts in the blood and joints [syn:
gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis]