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Definition of Tofus
1. n. Tophus.
Definition of Tofus
1. Noun. One of the mineral concretions usually about the joints, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tofus
1. tofu [n] - See also: tofu
Medical Definition of Tofus
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1. Tophus.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tofus
Literary usage of Tofus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Travels in Some Parts of France, Switzerland, and Germany by Jean Andre De Luc (1813)
"The progress of the tofus in this cavern is also a remarkable example of one of
the chronometers which I"mentioned in my Lettres sur ..."
2. Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted from the Transactions of the by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"tofus is sometimes spelt tophus; and the o is long. ... The origin of the Lat.
tofus and Gk. Tofas is unknown; it is probable that they are alike of foreign ..."
3. The First Three English Books on America ?1511-1555 A. D..: Being Chiefly by Pietro Martire d' Anghiera, Richard Eden, Sebastian Münster (1885)
"tofus. Electrum is a metall naturally mixt of one portion of golde and an other
of siluer beinge of propertie to bewray poyson, and was £0 therfore in ..."
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