The big toe; the first digit of the foot.

A painful condition of the big toe that is seen in flatfoot deformity: Hallux dolorosus is the pain in the "metatarsophalangeal" joint of the great toe resulting from having a flat foot.

1. A hammer toe deformity characterized by acute flexion of the interphalangeal joint.
2. Another term for hallux malleus.

1. A deformity in which the end of the toe is bent or curled downward.
2. A condition in which the middle joint of the toe is bent.

The end part of the toe bends down into a claw-like deformity.

It is more often seen as the big toe with the condition that may be congenital or acquired and which may require corrective surgery.

1. A restriction or loss of motion of the joint connecting the great toe to the metatarsal. Pain that occurs when walking.
2. A painful limitation of motion in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe in flexion. Also called stiff toe.

1. Displacement of the big toe toward the other toes.
2. A displacement of the big toe away from the midline at the metatarsophalangeal joint.

When the joint is covered with an adventitious bursa, it is called a bunion.

1. Dispacement of the great toe away from the other toes.
2. A displacement of the big toe towards the midline and away from the other toes.