| body constitution | The make-up of the body, determined by the genetic, biochemical, and physiologic endowment of the individual and modified in great measure by environmental factors. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| water of constitution | Water held by a unit of structure as an essential part of its constitution, though not an ingredient of its molecules. See: water of crystallization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| constitution | 1. The physical makeup of a body, including the mode of performance of its functions, the activity of its metabolic processes, the manner and degree of its reactions to stimuli, and its power of resistance to the attack of pathogenic organisms. 2. In chemistry, the number and kind of atoms in the molecule and the relation they bear to each other. Origin: L. Constitutio, constitution, disposition, fr. Constituo, pp. -stitutus, to establish, fr. Statuo, to set up (05 Mar 2000) |
| constitution and bylaws | The fundamental principles and laws adopted by an organization for the regulation and governing of its affairs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arthritis, gouty | Arthritis, especially of the great toe, as a result of gout. Acute gouty arthritis often is precipitated by trauma, infection, surgery, etc. The initial attacks are usually monoarticular but later attacks are often polyarticular. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gouty | 1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint. 2. Pertaining to the gout. "Gouty matter." 3. Swollen, as if from gout. 4. Boggy; as, gouty land. Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout. Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc, of sufferers from gout. Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gouty arthritis | An attack that is usually extremely painful of joint inflammation due to deposits of uric acid crystals in the joint fluid (synovial fluid) and joint lining (synovial lining). Intense joint inflammation occurs as white blood cells engulf the uric acid crystals, causing pain, heat, and redness of the joint tissues. The term gout commonly is used to refer to these painful arthritis attacks but gouty arthritis is only one manifeatation of gout. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gouty diathesis | A state of susceptibility to attacks of gout or development of tophi, usually associated with hyperuricaemia or hyperexcretion of urate in urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gouty pearl | A concretion of sodium urate on the cartilage of the ear, occurring in the gouty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gouty urine | Urine of a high colour containing uric acid in excess. (05 Mar 2000) |
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