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metatarsalgia

noun/ˌmɛtətɑːˈsældʒiə/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Pain and tenderness in the ball of the foot beneath the long bones of the toes.

She complained of metatarsalgia, a burning ache under the ball of the foot when standing.

Topic: Podiatry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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