chalkstone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chalkstone	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chalkstone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chalkstone n a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout Synonym(s): tophus, chalkstone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chalkstone \Chalk"stone`\, n. 1. A mass of chalk. As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. --Isa. xxvii. 9. 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.