Clubfoot

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  • noun. A congenital deformity of the foot, usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle, heel, and toes.
  • noun. A foot so deformed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A deformed or distorted foot; a foot which is set awry from the ankle, and is generally also imperfect in shape or undersized.
  • noun. A similar twisted condition of the feet which is normal in some animals, as sloths.
  • noun. [Without the hyphen.] Congenital distortion of the foot; the state of having a clubfoot or club-feet; talipes (which see): as, to be afflicted with clubfoot; the surgical treatment of clubfoot. Also called clubbing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes
  • Word Usage
    "It is also commonly seen as an accompaniment of that faulty conformation called clubfoot, in which the toe of the wall is perpendicular and short, and the heels high -- a condition most often seen in the mule, especially in the hind feet."
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