TURF TOE


Meaning of TURF TOE in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from the occurrence of the injury among athletes who play on artificial turf

Date: 1981

: a minor but painful usually sports-related injury typically involving hyperextension of the big toe that results in spraining or tearing of the ligaments at the joint between the metatarsal and basal phalanx

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