chalk-stonen.
/ˈtʃɔːkstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈtʃɔkˌstoʊn/, /ˈtʃɑkˌstoʊn/ΚΠ
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 654 Goth, walkith forth, and brynge a chalk-stoon.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxvii. 9 When he maketh all the stones of the Altar as chalke stones . View more context for this quotation
3. A concretion chiefly of sodium urate, resembling chalk, occurring in the tissues and joints, esp. of the feet and hands, in severe gout.
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chalk-stone1738
gout-stone1796
1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton Wks. I. 38 His Hands and Fingers gouty, and with Chalk-Stones.
1802 W. Heberden, Jr. tr. W. Heberden Comm. Hist. & Cure Dis. ix. 35 Violent fits..usually produce chalkstones and chalky sores.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 152/1 Lithic acid..is deposited in cases of chalk-stone in the textures..surrounding the joints of the fingers and toes.
1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon II. ii. 51 His hands [were] much afflicted with chalkstones.
Derivatives
ˈchalkstony adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > gout > concretion of gout
tophous1634
tophaceous1691
tophose1752
chalky1782
chalkstony1861
1861 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon xvii, in Temple Bar June 300 Some whose hands were stiff or chalkstony.
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