What is "valgus"

deformity in which a bone or joint is twisted outward from the center of the body; form of club-foot, 1800, from Latin valgus "bandy-legged, bow-legged, having the legs bent outward." Said to be probably related to Sanskrit valgati "to move up and down," Old English wealcan "to roll, move to and fro" (see walk (v.)), perhaps on the notion of "go irregularly or to and fro" [Tucker]. "Yet the main characteristic of 'bow-legged' is the crookedness of the legs, not 'going up and down' or 'to and fro'" [de Vaan] and there are phonetic difficulties. A classical word used in a different sense in modern medicine; also see varus.

a. knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)

adj. turned outward; especially of a deformity in which part of a limb is twisted away from the center of the body; "talipes valgus" [ant: varus]

Valgus may refer to:

• Valgus deformity, an orthopedic deformity
  • Cubitus valgus, affecting the forearm
• Valgus stress, a test for the knee
• Valgus (genus), a genus of beetles
• Chalcosyrphus valgus, a hoverfly of family Syrphidae

Valgus is a genus of beetles. Most described species are found in Asia, with some reaching into northern Africa and Europe, and three species native to the New World. One species is found in South Africa.