From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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}.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clubfoot \Club"foot\, noun [Club + foot.] (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes [syn: {talipes}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "clubfoot": 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
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