Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clubfoot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clubfoot \Club"foot\, n. [Club + foot.] (Med.)
A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity,
usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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