Crossword clues for talipes
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 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The ankle and foot 2 (context medical English) clubfoot (abbreviation from talipes equinovarus (TEV))
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]
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.