'Chalkstone' definitions:
Definition of 'chalkstone'
From: WordNet
noun
A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout [syn: tophus, chalkstone]
Definition of 'Chalkstone'
From: GCIDE
- Chalkstone \Chalk"stone`\, n.
- 1. A mass of chalk. [1913 Webster]
- As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. --Isa. xxvii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]