clubfoot

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}]
    

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