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Flexion vs Clawfoot - What's the difference?

flexion | clawfoot |

As nouns the difference between flexion and clawfoot

is that flexion is the act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint. The counteraction of extension while clawfoot is a condition of the human foot in which the sole of the foot is distinctly hollow when bearing weight, i.e. it has a fixed plantar flexion.

flexion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint. The counteraction of extension.

    • Related terms

    * anteflexion * circumflexion * deflexion * demiflexion * dorsiflexion * genuflexion * hyperflexion * inflexion ? ** plane inflexion ** point of inflexion * introflexion * lateriflexion * lateroflexion * overflexion * reflexion * retroflexion * semiflexion * superflexion ----

    clawfoot

    English

    Noun

  • (medicine, uncountable) A condition of the human foot in which the sole of the foot is distinctly hollow when bearing weight, i.e. it has a fixed plantar flexion.
  • (countable) A foot of this kind.
  • (countable) A decorative foot on a bathtub etc. resembling a claw.

    • Related terms

    * clawfooted