Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A congenital deformity of the foot, usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle, heel, and toes.
  • noun A foot so deformed.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A deformed or distorted foot; a foot which is set awry from the ankle, and is generally also imperfect in shape or undersized.
  • noun A similar twisted condition of the feet which is normal in some animals, as sloths.
  • noun [Without the hyphen.] Congenital distortion of the foot; the state of having a clubfoot or club-feet; talipes (which see): as, to be afflicted with clubfoot; the surgical treatment of clubfoot. Also called clubbing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

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club +‎ foot

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Examples

  • It is also commonly seen as an accompaniment of that faulty conformation called clubfoot, in which the toe of the wall is perpendicular and short, and the heels high -- a condition most often seen in the mule, especially in the hind feet.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • (HealthDay News) -- A clubfoot is a birth defect that's characterized by a foot that is turned abnormally to the side.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

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