clubfoot

See also: club-foot and club foot

English

Alternative forms

• club foot, club-foot

Etymology

club +‎ foot

Noun

clubfoot (plural clubfeet)

1. (medicine) A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.
   • 1870, Wilkie Collins, chapter 2, in Man and Wife:

     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.

   • 1915, William Somerset Maugham, chapter 12, in Of Human Bondage:

     He stood still as much as he could, with his club-foot behind the other, so that it should not attract notice.

   • 2011 November 1, Barry Meier, “Finding Inspiration in a Doctor’s Legacy”, in New York Times‎^[1], retrieved 17 May 2014:

     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.

Synonyms

• polt foot
• talipes

Translations

foot malformation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畸形足 (jīxíngzú), 馬蹄內翻足／马蹄内翻足 (mǎtí nèifānzú), 杵狀足／杵状足 (chǔzhuàngzú)

• Danish: klumpfod c
• Dutch: klompvoet (nl) m, horrelvoet (nl) m
• Finnish: kampurajalka
• French: pied bot (fr) m
• German: Klumpfuß (de) m
• Norwegian: klumpfot m
• Portuguese: pé torto m
• Romanian: varus (ro)
• Russian: косолапость (ru) f (kosolapostʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can