claw-handn. a condition incident to some diseases, in which the wrist is extended and the fingers flexed, owing to atrophy of certain muscles; a hand thus affected.
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club-hand1870
claw-hand1879
main en griffe1881
Madelung's deformity1905
1879 S. SmilesG. Moore Any man who had a stick leg or a club foot or a claw hand thought himself fit to be a teacher.