toe (redirected from turning up toes)

toe (to) a digit of the foot.

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claw toe  dorsal subluxation of toes 2 through 5, the metatarsal heads bearing weight and becoming painful when walking, resulting in a shuffling gait; occurring in rheumatoid arthritis.

hammer toe  deformity of a toe, most often the second, in which the proximal phalanx is extended and the second and distal phalanges are flexed, giving a clawlike appearance.

Morton's toe  see under neuralgia.

pigeon toe  permanent toeing-in position of the feet.

tennis toe  painful great toe associated with subungual hematoma; so called because it develops usually after vigorous tennis playing.

webbed toes  syndactyly of the toes.

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toe (t)

n.

Any of the digits of a foot.

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toe

a digit of the foot.

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toe abscess

see foot abscess.

toe crack

see sandcrack.

curled toe

see curled toe paralysis.

kicked-up toe

a common injury in dogs, particularly racing Greyhounds, in which the deep flexor tendon is ruptured causing the affected claw to be elevated above others on the foot. Called also knocked-up toe.

toe out

the limb is rotated slightly so that the toe points a little outward.

toe picking

a vice of very young chickens that are hungry because feed supplies are inaccessible or inadequate. They pick each other's toes and start an outbreak of cannibalism.

sand toe

see sand toe.

seedy toe

see seedy toe.

splayed toe

see splayed digits.

sprung toe

a problem of racing Greyhounds characterized by dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal joint through rupture of the medial collateral ligament. The toe is displaced laterally, usually overriding the next toe.