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Talipes

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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.

Talipes equinovalgus: Malformation of the foot evident at birth in which the heel is elevated like a horse's hoof (equino-) and the heel is turned outward (valgus).

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