gout的词源

英文词源

gout: gout: [13] Latin gutta meant literally ‘drop’ (the spelling of gutta in English gutta percha [19] shows its influence, although in fact the term originated in Malay getah percha ‘gum tree’). It was applied metaphorically to various diseases ascribed to the precipitation of fluids from one part of the body to another, among them pain in the joints which was supposed to be caused by poisonous material deposited from the blood (not far wide of the mark, for the condition now known as gout is due to the accumulation of uricacid products in the joints). English acquired the word via Old French goute.
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gout (n.): joint disease, c. 1200, from Old French gote "a drop, bead; the gout, rheumatism" (10c., Modern French goutte), from Latin gutta "a drop," in Medieval Latin "gout," a word of unknown origin. The disease was thought to be caused by drops of viscous humors seeping from the blood into the joints, which turns out to be close to the modern scientific explanation.

英语单词gout即表示“痛风”，也表示“一滴”，这与古人对痛风的病因解释有关。古人认为，痛风是因为人体内的有害体液滴落渗入至关节，从而引发关节剧烈疼痛。这种解释与现代医学对痛风的解释比较接近。现代医学认为，痛风是因为人体血液中尿酸含量过高，从而损伤关节组织细胞。

gout：[gaʊt] n.痛风，一滴，一团

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来自拉丁语gutta, 滴，词源同gutter. 古人认为痛风是由于关节滴进黏液所致，因而得名。