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Webster 1913 Edition


Bunion

Bun′ion

,
Noun.
(Med.)
Same as
Bunyon
.
{

Bun′yon

,

Bun′ion

}
,
Noun.
[Cf. Prov. E.
bunny
a small swelling, fr. OF.
bugne
, It.
bugna
,
bugnone
. See
Bun
.]
(Med.)
An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.