Examples of gout in a Sentence
Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
The National Library of Medicine states that the substance is used for treating gout, but can be fatal if administered at a high dosage — which is anything over 0.5mg/kg.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
By then, his litany of health issues included gout, obesity and leg ulcers from a jousting wound that had festered for years.
—V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
This possible connection was first formally studied in 1950 when, after eating a can of tart or yellow cherries a day, 12 arthritis and gout sufferers displayed lower blood levels of uric acid.
—Jessie Shafer, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
Joint fluid samples: This may rule out gout and infectious arthritis.
—Cory Martin, Health, 23 Aug. 2023
The drug colchicine has been used for more than 2,000 years to treat the fiery joint-pain ailment called gout.
—Ron Winslow, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2023
Low uric acid levels can help prevent a gout attack.
—Anne Harding, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
Vargas, 69, who had no major health problems except gout and cataracts, had died on his tractor.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Middle English goute, from Anglo-French gute drop, gout, from Latin gutta drop
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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