bunion
noun/ˈbʌnjən/
/ˈbʌnjən/
- a painful swelling (= an area that is larger and rounder than normal) on the foot, usually on the big toeWord Originearly 18th cent.: ultimately from Old French buignon, from buigne ‘bump on the head’.
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