Bunion

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  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A swelling on the foot caused by the inflammation of a bursa, especially that over the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as bunyon.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe
    • Word Usage
    "Many people know the term 'bunion' and that it occurs on a foot, but don't know exactly what a bunion is."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lump  puffiness  swelling  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Band-Aid  asmimàna  biocontrol  boggart  clunker  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abscess  adenoiditis  adrenitis  aposteme  appendicitis  
    variant
    bunyon  
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