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Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes
Answer for the clue "Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes ", 7 letters:
talipes
Word definitions for talipes in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The ankle and foot 2 (context medical English) clubfoot (abbreviation from talipes equinovarus (TEV))
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes [syn: clubfoot ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"club-foot, deformed foot," from Latin talus "ankle" (see talus (n.1)) + pes "foot" (see foot (n.)). The notion seems to be "walking on the ankles."
Usage examples of talipes.
Their condition has been helpless so long, their treatment so varied, and their hopes of relief or cure have been so often disappointed, that few can believe the truth of our statement, when we positively assert that we can correct and cure nearly all cases of talipes, club, or crooked feet and deformed hands, and make them as perfect in appearance, and as useful in action, as feet and hands which have never been deformed.
The anterior foot presented a great toe and four smaller ones, but deformed like an example of talipes equinovarus.
Braid describes talipes varus in a child of a few months who had ten toes.
He could imitate the various forms of talipes, in such a way as to deceive an expert.
He produced the different forms of talipes, as well as all the major hip-dislocations.