"tophus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tophi [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tophus (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tophus||stone}} Latin tophus (“stone”) Head templates: {{en-noun|tophi}} tophus (plural tophi)
  1. (medicine) A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood. Wikipedia link: tophus Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (deposit of monosodium urate in the body): 痛風石 (Chinese Mandarin), 痛风石 (tòngfēngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), tofus (Finnish), tofo [masculine] (Portuguese)

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