Found 2 items, similar to chalkstone.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: chalkstone
chalkstone
n : a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear;
diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout [syn:
tophus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Chalkstone
Chalkstone
\Chalk"stone`\, n.
1. A mass of chalk.
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As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. --Isa. xxvii.
9.
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2. (Med.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate
of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the
external ear, and in other situations, in those affected
with gout; a tophus.
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