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Definition of Tophus

Tophus
Tophus To"phus, n.; pl. Tophi. [NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral concretion in the joint. See Toph.] [Written also tofus.] 1. (Med.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium. 2. (Min.) Calcareous tufa.

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- tophus. Gross pathology of a large tophus Micrograph of a gouty tophus A tophus being removed from inside a knee joint by arthroscopic surgery Tophus...
- the identification of monosodium urate crystals in synovial fluid or a tophus. All synovial fluid samples obtained from undiagnosed inflamed joints by...
- acquisita, a hairy pinna cauliflower ear, post-traumatic cartilage deformity tophus, nodule on the pinna related to gout chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica...
- fresh mint, light potato curry broth, masala, chili powder, salt and lime Tophu thoke (တို့ဟူးသုပ်; lit. 'tofu salad') – a salad of Fresh Burmese tofu slices...
- geologically related. These words derive from Italian tufo and from Latin tōphus or tōfus ("stone"). Tuffeau has a very low density compared with many other...
- Steinernema texanum Steinernema thanhi Steinernema thermophilum Steinernema tophus Steinernema unicornum Steinernema vulcani**** Steinernema websteri Steinernema...
- Burmese tofu (Burmese: တိုဖူး, pronounced [tòpʰú]; or Burmese: တိုဟူး, pronounced [tòhú]) is a food of Shan origin and of Chinese from Yunnan Province...
- Roman Age and the Medieval period; the dead was placed in a grave dug in tophus and then he/she was covered with tiles. Sometimes the tiles were simply...