'Clubfoot' definitions:
Definition of 'clubfoot'
(from WordNet)
noun
Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes [syn: clubfoot, talipes]
Definition of 'Clubfoot'
From: GCIDE
- Clubfoot \Club"foot\, n. [Club + foot.] (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'clubfoot'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'clubfoot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch,
- bowlegs,
- camelback,
- cleft palate,
- crookback,
- defacement,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- digit,
- disfigurement,
- dog,
- extremity,
- fetlock,
- flatfoot,
- foot,
- forefoot,
- forepaw,
- freakishness,
- harefoot,
- harelip,
- heel,
- hoof,
- humpback,
- hunchback,
- instep,
- knock-knee,
- kyphosis,
- lordosis,
- malconformation,
- malformation,
- misproportion,
- misshape,
- monstrosity,
- mutilation,
- pad,
- pastern,
- patte,
- paw,
- pedal extremity,
- pedes,
- pes,
- pied,
- pug,
- sole,
- splayfoot,
- swayback,
- talipes,
- teratology,
- toe,
- tootsy,
- torticollis,
- trotter,
- truncation,
- ungula,
- valgus,
- wryneck