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Definition of Chalkstone
1. Noun. A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout.
Definition of Chalkstone
1. n. A mass of chalk.
Definition of Chalkstone
1. Noun. A mass of chalk. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalkstone
Literary usage of Chalkstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian by John Adolphus (1839)
"... in The Wonder—Scrub, in The Beaux' Stratagem—Touchstone—Lord chalkstone, ...
chalkstone ..."
2. Quarterly Report by Providence (R.I.). Public Works Dept (1903)
"chalkstone avenue, from Charles street to Evans. chalkstone avenue, from Douglas to
... Douglas avenue, from Orms street to chalkstone avenne. ..."
3. Election Laws of the State of Rhode Island, 1912 by Rhode Island (1912)
"... southerly through the center of Candace street to chalkstone avenue; westerly
through the center of chalkstone avenue to Harold street; ..."
4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"They were part of the eminent gentility of chalkstone, and no more to be rooted
out of a member of one of the genteel families of that eye of the universe, ..."
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