hammer toe

hammer toe (plural hammer toes)

1. A deformity of the second, third, or fourth toe causing it to be permanently bent at the first joint, resembling a hammer.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 539:

     He had contracted a hammer-toe from his solitary walking about the town.

• mallet toe