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tofus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tofus  \To"fus\,  n.  [L.,  tufa.] 
  1.  Tophus. 
 
  2.  (Min.)  Tufa.  See  under  {Tufa},  and  {Toph}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tophus  \To"phus\,  n.;  pl  {Tophi}.  [NL.:  cf  F.  tophus  a  mineral 
  concretion  in  the  joint.  See  {Toph}.]  [Written  also  {tofus}.] 
  1.  (Med.)  One  of  the  mineral  concretions  about  the  joints, 
  and  in  other  situations,  occurring  chiefly  in  gouty 
  persons.  They  consist  usually  of  urate  of  sodium;  when 
  occurring  in  the  internal  organs  they  are  also  composed  of 
  phosphate  of  calcium. 
 
  2.  (Min.)  Calcareous  tufa. 




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