valgusn.
/ˈvalɡəs/, U.S. /ˈvælɡəs/ Pathology.attributive.1884 W. Pye Surg. Handicraft 322 Valgus pad for sole [of the foot].1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 15 The abductors of the foot move it into the valgus position.
1. A variety of club-foot in which the foot is turned outwards (†or inwards).
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club-foota1552
baker feet1656
valgus1800
varus1800
inversion1825
talipes1842
pommel foot1857
inturn1860
talus1864
flat-foot1870
spurious valgus1872
flat-footedness1882
Friedreich('s) foot1940
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 195 In those diseases where the feet turn inwards, and which, I presume, Mr. Watt will call valgus.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 348/2 When the foot..is turned outwards, called valgus.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 349/2 The same complication of the pes equinus with the valgus is rare.
1884 W. Pye Surg. Handicraft 322 The second expedient is only used for valgus, and consists in fixing a pad under the sole of the foot.
2. spurious valgus, flat foot.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot
club-foota1552
baker feet1656
valgus1800
varus1800
inversion1825
talipes1842
pommel foot1857
inturn1860
talus1864
flat-foot1870
spurious valgus1872
flat-footedness1882
Friedreich('s) foot1940
1872 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. lxxxvii. 1014 Spurious valgus, or flat-foot.
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