||Tal"i*pes (?), n. [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.
&fist; 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.
||Tal"i*pes (?), n. [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.
&fist; 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.