Gout \Gout\ (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the
         disease
   being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta
         drop.]
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   1. A drop; a clot or
         coagulation.
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            On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. --Shak.
     
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   2. (Med.) A constitutional disease,
         occurring by paroxysms.
      It consists in an
         inflammation of the fibrous and
      ligamentous parts of
         the joints, and almost always attacks
      first the great
         toe, next the smaller joints, after which
      it may
         attack the greater articulations. It is attended
      with
         various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the
     
         digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as
  
            the stomach, the intestines, etc. It is an inherited
   
           disease of purine metaboism, which causes an increased
  
            level of uric acid in the blood, and leads to
         deposition
      of crystals of sodium urate in cartilage
         within joints and
      in connective tissue. It can be
         alleviated by a diet low
      in purines, and is treated
         by drugs which block formation
      of uric acid.
         --Dunglison.
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   3. A disease
         of cornstalks. See Corn
         fly, under Corn.
     
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   {Gout
         stones}. See Chalkstone, n., 2.
    
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