Found 2 items, similar to clubfoot.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: clubfoot
clubfoot
n : congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled
shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes
[syn:
talipes]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: clubfoot
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]