Definition of "talipes" [tal•i•pes]

• See clubfoot. (noun)

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• "The term "talipes" is commonly used to include all these, but here it will be restricted to that form in which the heel is more or less elevated, and the foot supinated so that it rests on its lateral border -- _talipes equino-varus_."
• "Musculature of legs was in a constant mild clonus, and the right foot was kept in position of talipes equinovarus."
• "He had read everything in the library which treated of talipes in its various forms."