Resembling, relating to, or affected by gout; showing signs of gout or gout-like symptoms.
From gout (from Old French 'goute', from Latin 'gutta' meaning drop, because people thought gout came from 'drops' of bad humor dripping into joints) plus the suffix '-y' making it an adjective.
Medieval doctors thought gout was caused by 'drops' of toxic liquid flowing into joints—the word 'gout' literally means 'drop'—and this mistaken theory tells us how creative early medical explanations could be.
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