Clubfoot vs Pigeontoed - What's the difference?
clubfoot | pigeontoed |
(medicine) A congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.
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As a noun clubfoot
is (medicine) a congenital deformity of the foot in which the ankle, heel and toes are twisted.As an adjective pigeontoed is
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Alternative forms
* club foot, club-footNoun
(clubfeet)- At his lower extremities, he exhibited the deformity which is popularly known as "a club-foot ." But he carried his lameness, as he carried his years, gayly.
- He stood still as much as he could, with his club-foot behind the other, so that it should not attract notice.
Finding Inspiration in a Doctor’s Legacy," New York Times (retrieved 17 May 2014):
- The cure developed by Dr. Ponseti in the 1950s relies on physical manipulation. In each step of the treatment, a child’s clubfoot is stretched and turned slightly outward, and a hip-to-foot plaster cast, like the ones shown in the photograph, is then applied.