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Gout's fancy Greek name, because fancy names make swollen big toes feel classier.
means A medical term for gout, especially gout that attacks the foot and big toe, bringing swelling and sharp, throbbing pain.
from From Greek 'podagra,' a compound of 'pous/pod-' (foot) and 'agra' (trap or seizure) — literally a 'foot-trap.' The image is of the joint being caught and clamped by pain, which is a fittingly vivid description for a disease that can make sufferers feel genuinely snared in place.
- literal meaning
- foot trap in ancient Greek
- historical rep
- called the disease of kings
- actual cause
- uric acid crystals stabbing the big toe joint
- famous sufferers
- Henry VIII, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton