Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
tophus — [ tɔfys ] n. m. • 1765; tophe 1560; lat. tofus ou tophus → tuf ♦ Méd. Concrétion d urate de sodium ou de calcium qui se forme, chez les goutteux, aux articulations et parfois au bord du pavillon de l oreille. « la craie des tophus perçait partout … Encyclopédie Universelle
Tophus — au niveau du coude chez un homme présentant une goutte chronique Un tophus tophi au pluriel est un dépôt sous cutané de cristaux d acide urique entouré de cellules inflammatoires. On les retrouve le plus souvent dans les ligaments et les tissus… … Wikipédia en Français
Tophus — To phus, n.; pl. {Tophi}. [NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral concretion in the joint. See {Toph}.] [Written also {tofus}.] 1. (Med.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tophus — Tophus, hartes Gewächs, meist kalkartiger Beschaffenheit, in den Sehnenscheiden, Gelenken u. an der Oberfläche der Knochen, meist Folge der Gicht od. Lustseuche. Tophi pulmonum, Knoten in den Lungen, von steinartiger, kalkartiger Beschaffenheit … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
tophus — [tō′fəs] n. pl. tophi [tō′fī] [L, tufa] Med. an abnormal mineral deposit, as of calcium carbonate, about the joints, on the roots of the teeth, etc., in a person who has the gout; chalkstone … English World dictionary
Tophus — entzündliche Knotenbildung * * * Tophus [lateinisch »Tuffstein«] der, /...phi, Medizin: entzündlicher Knoten, v. a. als Symptom der Gicht. * * * To|phus, der; , Tophi [lat. tophus, tofus = Tuffstein] (Med.): Knoten … Universal-Lexikon
Tophus — To|phus der; , Tophi <aus lat. tofus, tophus »Tuff(stein)«> Knoten (meist entzündlicher Art; Med.); Tophus arthriticus [ ...kus]: Gichtknoten … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Tophus — A tophus (Latin: stone , plural tophi) is a deposit of crystallised monosodium urate in people with longstanding hyperuricemia. At this stage, most have already developed symptoms of the associated crystal arthopathy known as gout.Tophi form in… … Wikipedia
tophus — tophaceous /teuh fay sheuhs/, adj. /toh feuhs/, n., pl. tophi / fuy/. Pathol. a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., esp. in gout; a gouty deposit. [1545 55; < L tophus, tofus TUFA] * * * … Universalium
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
