† tophousadj.
Obsolete.
Of the nature of a stony or calcareous concretion:
a. In the body.
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tophous1634
tophaceous1691
tophose1752
chalky1782
chalkstony1861
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xix. iii. 725 You shall finde them [sc. pustules] stuffed with a certaine plaster-like and tophous matter.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 110 Now these Teeth being burnt, pass presently into a Coal, but the tophous substance adhering to them, doth not so.
1699 ‘P. Misiatrus’ Honour of Gout (1720) 8 And threw off the tophous Injury.
1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery II. 79 Bones..perfectly sound with a few spots of tophous concretions on them.
b. In deposits from springs, etc. Cf. tophus n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > calcareous tuff
tophaceous1672
tophous1756
tophic1789
tufaceous1811
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 141 A..petrifying incrusting or tophous water, which rises in several large springs.
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