Hallux Definition

hăləks
halluces
noun
The first toe on either of the hind legs of a terrestrial vertebrate; in humans, the large inner toe.
Webster's New World
A homologous digit of a bird, reptile, or amphibian. In birds, it is often directed backward.
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Noun

Singular:
hallux
Plural:
halluces, halluxes

Origin of Hallux

  • Medieval Latin hallux blend of Latin allus, hallus thumb and Latin hallex big toe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Latin allus, hallus.

    From Wiktionary

Hallux Sentence Examples

  • The number of toes is four, unless the hallux is more or less reduced.

  • Order Colymbiformes.-Plantigrade, nidifugous, aquatic. All toes webbed, fourth largest, hallux short; metatarsus laterally compressed; tibia with high, pyramidal crest.

  • The hind-limb is typically avine, with intertarsal joint, distally reduced fibula, and the three elongated metatarsals which show already considerable anchylosis; reduction of the toes to four, with 2, 3, 4 and 5 phalanges; the hallux is separate, and as usual in recent birds posterior in position.

  • Overall, hallux valgus angle was reduced by a mean of 11 degrees and intermetatarsal angle by a mean of 2 degrees.

  • And shoes that push the toes together, force the big toe into a hallux valgus position.

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