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Tophus

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.

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Crust 76% connected

The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

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Incrustation 76% connected

The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

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Urate 76% connected

A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.

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Calculus 92% connected

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

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Chalkstone 92% connected

A mass of chalk.

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Tartar 92% connected

A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid,…

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