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Definition of Hallux
1. Noun. The first largest innermost toe.
Definition of Hallux
1. n. The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.
Definition of Hallux
1. Noun. (anatomy) The big toe ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hallux
1. the big toe [n -LUCES] : HALLUCAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Hallux
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hallux
Literary usage of Hallux
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Orthopedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1903)
"hallux flexus, painful great toe. hallux rigidus is a painful affection of the
great toe-joint, characterized by restriction of motion, particularly of the ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1886)
"It is with the distal part of this bone that the toe which it is customary to
call the hallux articulates. In the case of the Dorking the rudimentary 1st ..."
3. The Clinical Journal (1906)
"becomes enlarged, exactly the opposite to what happens in hallux ... In hallux
rigidus the articular surface of the head of metatarsal bone is displaced ..."
4. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"Specimens are described by COCES and also by SAUNDERS having the hallux including
... SAUNDERS remarks that this hallux is small for the size of the bird, ..."
5. Technique of Operations on the Bones, Joints, Muscles and Tendons by Robert Soutter (1917)
"Operation for hallux Valgus.—hallux Valgus often accompanies other deformities.
Where the hallux valgus deformity is not extreme, a tenotomy, preferably a ..."
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