Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deformity of one of the toes, commonly the second, marked by ankylosis of the joints—the proximal in extension, the distal in flexion.
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The term _Gampsodactyly_ has been applied to a deformity in which all the toes assume the position of hammer-toe, usually from a spastic condition of the muscles controlling the toes.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Wedding fetishist / drunk Jackie, Stacia and her great hair and hammer-toe healer Dom also got the boot.
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Causes hammer-toe deformity in the other toes. pressure. e.
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Causes hammer-toe deformity in the other toes. pressure. e.
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Causes hammer-toe deformity in the other toes. pressure. e.
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Causes hammer-toe deformity in the other toes. pressure. e.
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