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Hallux
A hallux, or dewclaw, is a functionless claw that doesn't hit the ground. Some dinosaurs had dewclaws.
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Hallux
Great (big) toe.
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Hallux
Hallux: What the ancient Romans called the big toe. Since hallux was a good enough word for the big toe among the ancient Romans, it has long done yeoman's duty in medicine. Abnormalities of the big toe tend thus to be called hallux this-or-that. For example, hallux valgus and hallux varus. In hallu...
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Hallux
Hal'lux (hăl'lŭks) noun [ New Latin , from Latin hallex , allex .] (Anat.) 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.
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hallux
<anatomy, ornithology> 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. ... Origin: NL, fr. L. Hallex, allex. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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hallux
(hal´әks) pl. hal´luces Latin word meaning the great toe.
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Hallux
• (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.
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Hallux
In tetrapods, the hallux (big toe, great toe) is the innermost (most medial) toe of the foot. Despite its name it may not be the longest toe on the foot of some individuals. It is counted as digit I (one). The name stems from the Latin for the same, similar to the pollex, which refers to the thumb,...
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Hallux
The hallux is the innermost of the five digits which normally compose the hind foot of a vertebrate animal; in a person the hallux is the big or great toe, in a bird it is the hind toe.
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Hallux
The hallux is the innermost of the five digits which normally compose the hind foot of a vertebrate. In humans the big toe, in a bird the hind toe.
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hallux
Type: Term Pronunciation: hal′ŭks, hal′ū-sēz Synonyms: great toe [I]
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hallux
Latin hallex = great toe (hallucis = of the great toe).
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Hallux
hind toe
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hallux
1) Big toe 2) Great toe 3) Toe
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