[ɡaʊt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller bones of the feet, deposition of chalk-stones, and episodes of acute pain

- a drop or spot of something
(e.g: gouts of blood erupted from the wound)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French goute, from medieval Latin gutta, literally ‘drop’ (because gout was believed to be caused by the dropping of diseased matter from the blood into the joints)