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bunion

bunion

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Painful swelling on the joint at the base of the big toe that pushes the toe toward other toes
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌnjən/
: juanete
  • Most likely, you're suffering from a bunion, a hard protrusion on the side of the big toe.
  • bunions and hammertoes
  • bunions and corns
  • bunions and toe

I got a yellow toenail, A bunion, A canker, A hemorrhoid.

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Examples

  • Efficient ways to treat bunions and relieve pain include:

    Blog text (29)
  • My bunion is killing me.

  • My bunions like to kill me; they hurt worse than they ever did.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Shoes are killing my bunions.

  • Reached down, massaging her bunion gently.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I couldn't walk all of the training camp because I had a bad, bad bunion and and I still went in there and won the fight.

  • Mother Green was nearly a cripple from her bunions, but she must see how he kept his room.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • How she sighed and groaned, and her bunions were killing her.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • My feet are wet and my bunions ache, and yet I've to keep wide awake, all night!

  • Wearing tight shoes can cause painful bunions to develop on your feet.

Surface Forms

bunion singular
bunions plural

Etymology

Bunion comes from an old French word buignon that meant a 'bump' or 'swelling'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a small 'bun' or bump at the base of the big toe, which is exactly what a bunion is.