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What is a bunion?

What is a bunion? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
  2. (colloquial, by extension) Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.
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Owing, I fancy, to a bunion, she was so leisurely a walker that it was I who must set my pace to hers.
If your bunion is very painful, you should talk to your GP or podiatrist about this.
In the general relaxation Dolly Beatty slipped off her tightest shoe, one bunion and four corns clamoring loudly for room.
There may be a significant deformity of the first MTP joint, producing a rather large, obvious bunion.
A bunion is a bone deformity in which a re-angulated or enlarged big toe joint causes the big toe to angle toward the other toes.
Unlike a bunion, which affects only your big toe, hammertoe can affect any toe.

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