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clubfoot en · NOUN

Etymology

From club + foot.

Meanings

1. A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.
   • At his lower extremities, he exhibited the deformity which is popularly known as "a club-foot." But he carried his lameness, as he carried his years, gayly. 1870, Wilkie Collins, chapter 2, in Man and Wife:
   • The cure developed by Dr. Ponseti in the 1950s relies on physical manipulation. In each step of the treatment, a child’s clubfoot is stretched and turned slightly outward, and a hip-to-foot plaster cast, like the ones shown in the photograph, is then applied. 2011 November 1, Barry Meier, “Finding Inspiration in a Doctor’s Legacy”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 May 2014:
   • He stood still as much as he could, with his club-foot behind the other, so that it should not attract notice. 1915, William Somerset Maugham, chapter 12, in Of Human Bondage:

Forms

Synonyms

talipes · polt foot

Translations (19)

mi hape (foot malformation) · nl klompvoet (foot malformation) · sv klumpfot (foot malformation) · el ραιβοϊπποποδία (foot malformation) · sm sape (foot malformation) · fi kampurajalka (foot malformation) · fr pied bot (foot malformation) · da klumpfod (foot malformation) · cmn 馬蹄內翻足 /马蹄内翻足 (foot malformation) · cmn 畸形足 (foot malformation) · hu dongaláb (foot malformation) · cmn 杵狀足 /杵状足 (foot malformation) · pt pé torto (foot malformation) · to hape (foot malformation) · ro varus (foot malformation) · no klumpfot (foot malformation) · nl horrelvoet (foot malformation) · ru косолапость (foot malformation) · de Klumpfuß (foot malformation)