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Chalkstone

Chalkstone \Chalk"stone`\, n.

  1. A mass of chalk.

    As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder.
    --Isa. xxvii. 9.

  2. (Med.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.

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chalkstone

n. 1 A mass of chalk. 2 (context medicine English) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.

WordNet
chalkstone

n. a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout [syn: tophus]

Usage examples of "chalkstone".

I was a practice-stonesuch cheap chalkstone as stands in apprentices' halls to study technique on, or chop out a quick study of some theme.