Chalkstone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chalkstone is a noun meaning (medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
Meaning
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
Example Sentences
[W]hen he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
[T]he thoughts of his breeding Gout so fast shocks me: it has beside all the rest made a Deposit in the Great Toe—I mean in the Joint, as if intending a Chalkstone.
Word Forms
- chalkstones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chalk, cornstone, chalkland, carstone, packstone, camstone.
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