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podagra /po·dag·ra/ (pah-dag´rah) gouty pain in the great toe.
po·dag·ra (p-dgr)
n.
Gout, especially of the big toe.

po·dagral, po·dagric adj.

podagra.
podagra [po-dag´rah]
gouty pain in the great toe.

podagra
Rheumatology Painful gouty toe. See Gout.


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Podagra is the term for the classic presentation of gouty arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.
Later, it was Hippocrates who wrote of an ailment he called podagra, or as it was known at that time, "the un-walkable disease.
[169] Lucian's satires were much in demand with Latin editions in 1515, 1517, 1518, 1519, and 1530, [170] a German version in 1512, [171] and Lucian's Podagra Laus (In praise of gout), as translated by Pirckheimer, published in 1529.
 
 
 
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