Chalk"stone` (?), n.

1.

A mass of chalk.

As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. Isa. xxvii. 9.

2. Med.

A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.

 

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