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hallux

/hal-uhks/US // ˈhæl əks //UK // (ˈhæləks) //

下颌角,下颌角赘瘤,下颌角整形术,下颌角整形

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hal·lu·ces [hal-yuh-seez]. /ˈhæl yəˌsiz/. Anatomy, Zoology.

    • : the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
    • : the comparable, usually backward-directed digit in birds.

Examples

  • Hallux raised above level of other toes; toes with wide lateral lobes, united at base.

  • External nostrils are produced into tubes; anterior toes fully webbed; hallux small or absent.

  • In the posterior limb the tibia and the hallux are pre-axial, the fibula and the fifth toe are postaxial.

  • On the pre-axial side of the hallux is the supplemental digit, the prehallux or calcar.

  • The first digit or hallux has two phalanges, the second three, the third four, and the fourth five.