English Dictionary

gout

/ɡaʊt/

noun

(uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.

He was diagnosed with gout last year.

意味（1）

(uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.

Once gout was confined largely to Western civilization (with some outliers, like the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan); now its ravages are global.

意味（2）

(usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.

I see thee still, / And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.

意味（3）

(rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.