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Talipes
Clubfoot. The Latin word talipes was compounded from talus (ankle) + pes (foot) since, with the common ('classic') type of clubfoot (talipes equinovarus), the foot is turned in sharply and the person seems to be walking on their ankle…
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- Rounds The act of seeing patients in the hospital or another in-patient setting. After doing his hospital rounds…
- CHD Congenital heart disease, a malformation of the heart or the large blood vessels near the heart. The term…
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