CLUBFOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clubfoot mean? 

• CLUBFOOT (noun)
  The noun CLUBFOOT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CLUBFOOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLUBFOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clubfoot; talipes

Hypernyms ("clubfoot" is a kind of...):

deformity; malformation; misshapenness (an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clubfoot"):

talipes valgus (deformity of the foot in which the foot is twisted outward)

talipes equinus (talipes in which the toes are pointed downward)

talipes calcaneus (talipes in which the toes are pointed upward and the person walks on the heel of the foot)

 Context examples 

Examples include heart defects, such as missing or misshaped valves; abnormal limbs, such as a clubfoot; neural tube defects, such as spina bifida; and problems related to the growth and development of the brain and spinal cord.

(NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations, NIH)