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tophus

tophus noun: a deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.

Noun

tophus (plural tophi)

  1. A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.

tophus meaning in Tamil

tophus in Tamil

நரம்பு மூட்டுக்கட்டி

Forms of tophus

pluraltophi

Origin of tophus

From Latin tophus (“stone”).

Questions about tophus

What does tophus mean?
Tophus means a deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.
What is tophus in Tamil?
Tophus in Tamil is நரம்பு மூட்டுக்கட்டி. See Tophus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tophus?
Tophus is a noun.
What is the plural of tophus?
The plural of tophus is tophi.

Words near tophus in the dictionary

  1. Tophetic
  2. tophets
  3. tophi
  4. tophin
  5. tophs
  6. tophus
  7. topi
  8. Topi Topi
  9. topia
  10. topiarian
  11. topiaried

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tophus (page history and authors); tophus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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