bunion

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A bunion is a common foot deformity that presents as a bump on the inside of your great toe joint.

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  1. noun A painful, inflamed swelling of the bursa at the first joint of the big toe, characterized by enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.

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  • He walked down the hall, and noticed two things first, his bunion was gone, and second, what was he doing walking down a hall! —  Xone of Contention
  • "Anything that's real pointy is going to put more pressure on that (bunion) bump," she explains. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • "Probably the biggest thing is, they think surgery's not going to work and (the bunion is) going to come back," says Butterworth. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • I have a bunion, and until I realized where the pain was really coming from, I thought my whole foot the problem. —  About.com Walking
  • Once I discovered it was the bunion, I switched to both wide socks and now rarely have bunion pain. —  About.com Walking
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  1. Probably alteration of obsolete bunny, swelling, from Middle English bony, perhaps from Old French bugne; see bun1.
 

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