hallux dolorosus

[ dō′lə-rō′səs ]

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A condition, associated with flatfoot, in which walking causes severe pain in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe.

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Hallux raised above level of other toes; toes with wide lateral lobes, united at base.
British Birds in their Haunts|Rev. C. A. Johns
External nostrils are produced into tubes; anterior toes fully webbed; hallux small or absent.
British Birds in their Haunts|Rev. C. A. Johns
In the posterior limb the tibia and the hallux are pre-axial, the fibula and the fifth toe are postaxial.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
On the pre-axial side of the hallux is the supplemental digit, the prehallux or calcar.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds

The first digit or hallux has two phalanges, the second three, the third four, and the fourth five.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds