uratoma

uratoma
SYN: gouty tophus. [urate + G. -oma, tumor]

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ura·to·ma (u″rə-toґmə) a tophus or concretion made up of urates.

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  • Tophus — A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas of the body in gout. The word tophus comes via Latin from the Greek tophos meaning a porous volcanic stone. In chronic (tophaceous) gout,… …   Medical dictionary

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