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نِقْرِسٌ

Root: نقرس

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نِقْرِسٌ [Arthritis, or gout: or, specially, podagra, or gout in the foot or feet:] a certain disease, well known; a swelling and pain in the joints: or in the leg or foot: or in the joints of the ankles and the toes: or a swelling in the joints of the foot, and mostly in the great toe, a property of which is that it does not collect thick purulent matter, nor exude moisture, because it is in a member not fleshy: and of the same kind are arthritis, or pain of the joints, (وَجَعُ المَفَاصِلِ,) and sciatica, or hip-gout, (عِرْقُ النَّسَا,) but differing in name because differing in state.
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