A painful condition of the hand caused by gout, characterized by inflammation of the hand joints.
From Greek χείρ (cheír) 'hand' combined with ἄγρα (ágra) 'seizure' or 'catching.' The term medically describes gout attacking the hand.
Doctors in the 1600s-1800s used this term to distinguish between gout in the foot (podagra) and gout in the hand—different manifestations of the same disease that made people describe their suffering with Greek precision.
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