ainhum
/ˈeɪnhəm/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a condition in which a band of fibrous tissue grows around the base of a toe, eventually resulting in loss of the digit. It occurs mainly in the tropics and is associated with going barefoot.【医】阿洪病, 自发性断趾病。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Portuguese， based on Yoruba eyun 'saw'.