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BUNION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bunion mean?
• BUNION (noun)
The noun BUNION has 1 sense:
1. a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe
Familiarity information: BUNION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bunion" is a kind of...):
lump; puffiness; swelling (an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement)
Context examples
A therapeutic surgical procedure to remove a bunion.
(Bunionectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Lateral displacement of the great toe, producing deformity of the first metatarsophalangeal joint with callous, bursa, or bunion formation over the bony prominence.
(Hallux Valgus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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