Clubfoot

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes,
     pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet,
     properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)
     The deformity called {clubfoot}. See {Clubfoot}.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes
           varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward;
           {T. valgus}, in which the foot is bent outward; {T.
           equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the
           patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T.
           calcaneus} (called also {talus}), in which the sole
           faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clubfoot \Club"foot\, n. [Club + foot.] (Med.)
     A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity,
     usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clubfoot
       n : congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled
           shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes
           [syn: {talipes}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "clubfoot":
     arch, bowlegs, camelback, cleft palate, crookback, defacement,
     deformation, deformity, digit, disfigurement, dog, extremity,
     fetlock, flatfoot, foot, forefoot, forepaw, freakishness, harefoot,
     harelip, heel, hoof, humpback, hunchback, instep, knock-knee,
     kyphosis, lordosis, malconformation, malformation, misproportion,
     misshape, monstrosity, mutilation, pad, pastern, patte, paw,
     pedal extremity, pedes, pes, pied, pug, sole, splayfoot, swayback,
     talipes, teratology, toe, tootsy, torticollis, trotter, truncation,
     ungula, valgus, wryneck