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Definition of Bow leg

1. Noun. Outward curvature of the legs.

2. Noun. A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee).

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Literary usage of Bow leg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Orthopaedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1919)
"OF the distortions of the lower extremity bow-leg and knock-knee are by far the ... Of the two, bow-leg is the more frequent in all tables of statistics, ..."

2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"Of the Bow-leg. What is commonly understood by a bow-leg is where the knees are at a greater distance [than usual] from each other; in which case the femur ..."

3. The Diseases of Children: Medical and Surgical by Henry Ashby, George A. Wright, William Perry Northrup, T. Halsted Myers (1893)
"It is true that the curve of bow-leg is not quite even, and is usually sharpest at the weakest part of the leg—the lower third of the tibia ; much more ..."

4. Manual of operative surgery by John Fairbairn Binnie (1921)
"CHAPTER LXXIV BOW-LEG. GENU VARUM Typical genu varum is the result of external bowing of the femur a the leg bones. The maximum curve is generally near the ..."

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