piezogenic pedal papule

[ pī-ē′zō-jĕn′ĭk ]

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Pressure-induced papules of the heel, occurring probably as a result of the herniation of fat tissue due to degeneration of dermal collagen.

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I strain and push and pedal and wonder, “When will this end?”
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I push down on the pedal with my right leg and instead of propelling myself forward, I topple over sideways.
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And when the AHA is reintroduced in parliament, as it inevitably will be, he can soft-pedal.
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He'd pedal a few yards, then the handle bars would get away from him.
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And together, they can successfully pedal a bike down a rather busy city street.
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That is one of the places that when the pianists come to, they get their foot hard on to the pedal and hold on to it—Herr Gott!
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I had played that study to Tausig, and he found no fault with my use of the pedal; so I sat down thinking I could do it right.
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The pedal keys were almost invariably straight and the pedal boards flat.
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It frequently leads to a player upsetting his Pedal combination when he has no desire to do so.
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Metal buttons or pistons located on the toe piece of the pedal-board were introduced by the ingenious Casavant of Canada.
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