metatarsalgia
[ mĕt′ə-tär-săl′jə ]
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n.
A cramping burning pain that focuses in the region of the metatarsal bones of the foot.
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How to use metatarsalgia in a sentence
It may coexist along with the common form of flat-foot, or it may be associated with the neuralgic pain known as metatarsalgia.
Metatarsalgia is characterized by an acute pain, cramplike in character, occurring at the base of the third or fourth toes.
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