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a quiet bone rebellion that turns your big toe into a leaning tower of regret
means A painful bony lump that forms at the base of the big toe when the joint shifts out of alignment, pushing the toe inward.
from From the early 18th-century English 'bunion,' likely related to the older dialect word 'bunny' or 'bunny-lump' meaning a swelling, and possibly a cousin of the Old French 'buigne' — a bump or bruise on the head. The thread running through all of them is the same homely idea: a swelling, a lump, a place where the flesh has risen in protest.
- not growth
- It's the toe joint drifting, not new bone
- runs in family
- Foot shape and instability are largely inherited
- shoe blame
- Tight footwear accelerates but rarely starts it
- latin roots
- Named for the Greek word for turnip
- surgical reset
- Over 100 procedures exist to correct one
for instance
hallux limitus — medical term for bunion affecting the big toe joint, affecting 10% of population
tailor's bunion — bunion on the fifth metatarsal head, named after tailors who sat cross-legged