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podagra

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po·dag·ra  (p-dgr)
n.
Gout, especially of the big toe.

[Middle English, from Latin, from Greek podagr : pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots + agr, trap, seizing; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

po·dagral, po·dagric adj.

podagra [pəˈdægrə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) gout of the foot or big toe
[via Latin from Greek, from pous foot + agra a trap]
podagral , podagric, podagrical, podagrous adj

podagra
gout affecting the foot. — podagral, podagric, podagrical, podagrous, adj.
See also: Feet and Legs


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Podagra is the term for the classic presentation of gouty arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.
Later, it was Hippocrates who wrote of an ailment he called podagra, or as it was known at that time, "the un-walkable disease.
[169] Lucian's satires were much in demand with Latin editions in 1515, 1517, 1518, 1519, and 1530, [170] a German version in 1512, [171] and Lucian's Podagra Laus (In praise of gout), as translated by Pirckheimer, published in 1529.
 
 
 
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