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Meanings of clubfoot in English

Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes.

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Examples for "talipes"
Examples for "talipes"
1
He produced the different forms of talipes, as well as all the major hip-dislocations.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
2
He had read everything in the library which treated of talipes in its various forms.
Of Human Bondage
3
Braid describes talipes varus in a child of a few months who had ten toes.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
4
He could imitate the various forms of talipes, in such a way as to deceive an expert.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
5
Danyau, Proudfoot, and Smith mention intrauterine fracture of the tibia; in Proudfoot's case there was congenital talipes talus.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Usage of clubfoot in English
1
I had no idea if a clubfoot was a result of inbreeding.
A duty to the dead
2
Orris shifted in his seat and his clubfoot muttered dull pain.
The talisman
3
He has a clubfoot like Byron, which was why he hadn't joined up.
Atonement
4
His arms and hands were massive, but he had a clubfoot.
Hidden Warrior
5
If it were a clubfoot, then even you would be able to see it.
The hangman's daughter
6
Creating more awareness about clubfoot is what excites me.
The South African
7
He had a heavy square face and a clubfoot.
The Man with the Clubfoot
8
Background: The Ponseti technique has demonstrated high success rates worldwide for the treatment of idiopathic clubfoot.
Pubmed
9
Itsupports 35 clubfoot clinics in the state sector.
The South African
10
He was born with a clubfoot, and although he walks very well, he was considered unsuitable.
A duty to the dead
11
Was Timothy's clubfoot the mark of that liaison?
A duty to the dead
12
What bothers a child with clubfoot the most?
The South African
13
Byron's clubfoot had probably not a little to do with determining his destiny as a poet.
Character
14
When she had pulled back to cock her kick, I'd noticed that she had a clubfoot.
Internecine
15
Tut was afflicted with a cleft palate, mild clubfoot in his left foot and other bone ailments.
Reuters
16
As if to show he bore no ill will to Fate for having given him a clubfoot.
A duty to the dead
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