See Also: bunion(medicine)
Bunion(health)
bunion(dictionary)
bunion(dictionary)
spina(dictionary)
spina(medicine)
spina bifida(dictionary)
spina pedis(medicine)
spina peronealis(medicine)
spina pubis(medicine)

spina bifida (oh) and bunion (iou)


spina bifida (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: 'spine split in two']
a serious condition in which a person's spine does not develop correctly before they are born, so that their spinal cord is not protected

bunion (iou)



bunion noun. E18.
[Perh. extension of BUNNY noun1, or ult. from Old French buignon, from buigne (mod. bigne) bump on the head, perh. of Germanic origin (cf. Middle High German bunge lump): see -OON.]
An inflamed swelling on the foot, esp. of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe.