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Webster 1913 Edition
Talipes
‖
Tal′i-pes
,Noun.
[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
. ☞ 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.