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Webster 1913 Edition


Talipes

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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.