TALIPES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talipes mean? 

• TALIPES (noun)
  The noun TALIPES 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: TALIPES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALIPES (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 ("talipes" 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 "talipes"):

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 

The most common form is talipes equinovarus, where the deformed foot is turned downward and inward sharply.

(Clubfoot, NCI Thesaurus)