† ˈtophous, a. Obs.
[ad. rare L. tōph-, tōfōsus, f. tophus, tōfus: see -ous.]
Of the nature of a stony or calcareous concretion: a. in the body, b. in deposits from springs, etc. (cf. next).
| 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xix. iii. (1678) 432 You shall find them [pustules] stuffed with a certain plaister-like and tophous matter. 1692 Ray Disc. 110 Now these Teeth being burnt, pass presently into a Coal, but the tophous substance adhering to them, doth not so. 1699 Misaurus Hon. Gout (1720) 8 And threw off the tophous Injury. 1754–64 Smellie Midwif. II. 79 Bones..perfectly sound with a few spots of tophous concretions on them. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters II. 141 A..petrifying incrusting or tophous water, which rises in several large springs. |