: a metabolic disease marked by a painful inflammation of the joints, deposits of urates in and around the joints, and usually an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood
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: a mass or aggregate especially of something fluid often gushing or bursting forth
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English goute, from Anglo-French gute drop, gout, from Latin gutta drop