Get to know Bunion better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like swelling or puffiness.
Bunion meaning
- A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
- Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.
Using Bunion
- The main meaning on this page is: A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin. | Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.
- Useful related words include: swelling, puffiness, lump.
- In the example corpus, bunion often appears in combinations such as: the bunion.
Context around Bunion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bunion
- In this selection, "bunion" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gel and pad stand out and add context to how "bunion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bunion is a and a gel bunion pad and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bunion" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bunion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Having that to look forward to would be a nice distraction from the bunion. (14 words)
A bunion is a painful bump where the big toe connects to the foot. (14 words)
The English surname Bunyan is derived from the same root as bunion in the Old French bugne, referring to a large lump or swelling. (24 words)
It features both a gel bunion pad and a gel toe spacer, both of which are inserted into the soft fabric to keep them comfortably in place and prevent them from rubbing against the foot. (35 words)
When I give that person an arch where it should be, and if they’re not normally sensing that, we don’t necessarily see a huge decrease in the bunion. (30 words)
The English surname Bunyan is derived from the same root as bunion in the Old French bugne, referring to a large lump or swelling. (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
Having that to look forward to would be a nice distraction from the bunion.
It features both a gel bunion pad and a gel toe spacer, both of which are inserted into the soft fabric to keep them comfortably in place and prevent them from rubbing against the foot.
When I give that person an arch where it should be, and if they’re not normally sensing that, we don’t necessarily see a huge decrease in the bunion.
A bunion is a painful bump where the big toe connects to the foot.
The English surname Bunyan is derived from the same root as bunion in the Old French bugne, referring to a large lump or swelling.
Common combinations with bunion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: