Definition of clubfoot. Meaning of clubfoot. Synonyms of clubfoot

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Definition of clubfoot

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

Meaning of clubfoot from wikipedia

- Clubfoot is a congenital or acquired defect where one or both feet are rotated inward and downward. Congenital clubfoot is the most common congenital...
- The Clubfoot (also known as The Club-Footed Boy) is a 1642 oil on canvas painting by Jusepe de Ribera. It is housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris (part...
- where he developed his ground-breaking, non-surgical treatment for the clubfoot defect - the Ponseti Method. In the 1950s, Ignacio Ponseti developed the...
- Trust to begin offering free treatment for clubfoot in 2011. Using the Ponseti method, the college's CURE Clubfoot Clinic treated 80 children in the first...
- Clubfoot is a 1918 spy thriller novel by the author Valentine Williams. It is the first in his series of novels featuring the character of "Clubfoot"...
- The Ponseti method is a mani****tive technique that corrects congenital clubfoot without invasive surgery. It was developed by Ignacio V. Ponseti of the...
- Wong Fei-hung, along with his romantic interest 13th Aunt and apprentice Clubfoot, travels from China to America to visit another of his apprentices, "Bucktooth"...
- Pigeon toe Other names Metatarsus varus, metatarsus adductus, in-toe gait, intoeing, false clubfoot Specialty Pediatrics, orthopedics...
- from a stable. Clubfoot Seven is then kicked out and abandoned by his former master, Chiu Tin-bak when he called his student Clubfoot a "useless cripple"...
- varus (from Latin talus = ankle and pes = foot). A notable subtype is clubfoot or talipes equinovarus, which is where one or both feet are rotated inwards...