What's the difference between gouty and grouty?

Gouty


Definition:

  • (a.) Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.
  • (a.) Pertaining to the gout.
  • (a.) Swollen, as if from gout.
  • (a.) Boggy; as, gouty land.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Low density lipoprotein (LDL) is the major plasma inhibitor of neutrophil oxidative and lytic responses to monosodium urate crystals and may function to modulate acute gouty inflammation.
  • (2) Thus, acute gouty arthritis is now recognized as an example of "crystal induced" synovitis.
  • (3) By the mid 20th century, however, the apparent decline of the gout in Europe and North America and the breakup of the gouty diathesis in those lands had been more than compensated by their large-scale reappearance in the Maori and in other indigenous inhabitants of the Pacific Basin who, at first sight, appeared to have become one large gouty family.
  • (4) Fifteen cases of acute gouty bursitis were seen among 136 crystal-proved cases of gout.
  • (5) Tenoxicam administered orally, rectally or parenterally is an effective analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent for the symptomatic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and various rheumatic conditions such as tendinitis, bursitis, sciatica, back pain and gouty arthritis.
  • (6) The authors emphasize that the possibility of a septic arthritis should always be considered in the gouty patient, and not only in the elderly, as stressed in the literature, but also in younger patients.
  • (7) Many patients have gouty symptoms, especially after treatment with Busulfan, and many have an unexplained hemorrhagic tendency, making major operations a risk.
  • (8) Synovial fluids from 75 patients were analyzed, comprising the following disease groups: i) rheumatoid arthritis (n = 42), ii) osteoarthritis (n = 20), iii) gouty arthritis (n = 5), and iv) reactive arthritis (Reiter's disease, n = 8).
  • (9) One patient did not take any medical treatment and died suddenly when he was 19 years old, but showed no gouty signs.
  • (10) This latter observation raises doubts about the postulated physiological role of LDL in terminating the acute gouty attack.
  • (11) A double-blind study was carried out to compare the effects of ketoprofen and phenylbutazone in acute gouty arthritis.
  • (12) This suggests that the amount of LDL coating intraarticular urate crystals could vary during the course of a gouty paroxysm.
  • (13) In the case of two gouty groups divided according to the existence of gouty heredity, tophi or renal impairment, adenosine deaminase and inosine phosphorylase activity in the two groups were not significantly different.
  • (14) The data suggest an increase in the rate of purine turnover in aging gouty fibroblasts compared with normal fibroblasts.
  • (15) The case emphasized that patients with this deficiency may escape diagnosis during childhood and that internists should consider the diagnosis in adolescents or young adults with acute gouty arthritis or tophaceous gout.
  • (16) A rare case of gouty tophus localized to the temporomandibular joint is reported on by which alimentary troubles were caused.
  • (17) Monosodium urate (MSU)-induced synovitis in the dog's stifle (knee joint) is similar to an acute gouty attack in man in which a loss of function of the joint correlates with massive influx of neutrophils and the release of an assortment of inflammatory mediators (e.g.
  • (18) These findings suggest that the association of membranous nephropathy should be considered in patients with gout having moderate to severe proteinuria and that RTE may be involved in the pathogenesis of subepithelial deposits in gouty membranous nephropathy.
  • (19) (3) Synovial fluid from one gouty patient accelerated urate nucleation, while that from one rheumatoid patient inhibited nucleation.
  • (20) Striking elevations were also present in 2 patients who had acute gouty arthritis.

Grouty


Definition:

  • (a.) Cross; sulky; sullen.

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