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[syn: clubfoot, talipes]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clubfoot
n 1: congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled
shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes
[syn: clubfoot, talipes]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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