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Gout vs Lymphedema - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between gout and lymphedema

is that gout is taste, flavour while lymphedema is (medicine) the swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels.

gout

English

(wikipedia gout)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology, not countable) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  • (usually, followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
  • * , Macbeth , act 2, scene 1:
  • I see thee still,
    And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
  • * 1981 , , Children of Men , ch. 20, page 137:
  • [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
  • * 2002 , , The Shadow of the Lion , (Google preview):
  • Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.
  • (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)
  • Synonyms

    * gouty arthritis * urarthritis * crystalline arthritis

    Derived terms

    * gouty * goutiness * pseudogout

    References

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    lymphedema

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lymphoedema *

    Noun

    (wikipedia lymphedema) (en noun)
  • (medicine) The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels