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Valgus

noun

A deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body.

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... Achillis.—There are very few cases of true club-foot which can be successfully treated without division of the tendo Achillis. While in talipes equinis it is generally the only disturbing agent, in talipes varus and valgus it invariably increases and maintains the deformity, which the tibiales or peronei ...

— A Manual of the Operations of Surgery - For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners • Joseph Bell

Words linked to "Valgus" : misshapenness, varus, deformity, malformation