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English
Etymology
From Old English ċealcstān, equivalent to chalk + stone.
Noun
chalkstone (plural chalkstones)
- (obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
- (medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
1794 January 23, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:[T]he thoughts of his breeding Gout so fast shocks me: it has beside all the rest made a Deposit in the Great Toe—I mean in the Joint, as if intending a Chalkstone.
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