having a specified gait (usually used in combination): slow-gaited; heavy-gaited oxen. Origin of gaited. 1580-1590. First recorded in 1580-90; gait + -ed3. Related forms.
Medical Definition of ALUMINA. : an oxide of aluminum Al2O3 that occurs native as corundum and in hydrated forms (as in bauxite) and is used in antacidsâcalled also aluminum oxide.
1 alumina (aluminum oxide), a white, granular substance which looks somewhat like sugar, is refined from bauxite in a several-step caustic soda/high temperature process. 2  the alumina is electrolytically reduced in molten cryolite to separate it into aluminum and oxygen.