English Dictionary

gout

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡaʊt/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 前置詞ofを伴う 通常 稀用

(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.

日本語の意味

痛風：血中の尿酸濃度が上昇し、尿酸塩の沈着により、特に足の親指の関節に激しい痛みを伴う炎症が生じる疾患

Waking in the night with gout in his big toe, he struggled to walk to the bathroom.

夜中に足の親指に痛風の発作が起きて目が覚めたとき、彼はトイレまで歩くのに苦労した。

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.

gouts （ plural ）