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Definition of Clawfoot
1. Noun. A deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw.
Definition of Clawfoot
1. 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. ¹
2. Noun. A foot of this kind. ¹
3. Noun. A decorative foot on a bathtub etc. resembling a claw. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Clawfoot
1. A condition of the foot characterised by hyperextension at the metatarsophalangeal joint and flexion at the interphalangeal joints, as a fixed contracture. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clawfoot
Literary usage of Clawfoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"First, "clawfoot" is not characterized by marked varus, which is the characteristic
... The onset of "clawfoot" is insidious, and so is its development. ..."
2. Technique of Operations on the Bones, Joints, Muscles and Tendons by Robert Soutter (1917)
"Hammer Toe and clawfoot. Contracted Extensor Longus Digitorum and Hammer Toe ...
Hammer Toe and clawfoot. Tenotomy of the Extensor Longus Pollicis near the ..."
3. Romantic Weekends in Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland by Norman Renove, Norman Renouf, Kathy Renouf (2000)
"When it's time to bathe, take your choice of a leisurely soak in the oversize
clawfoot tub or some good clean fun in the red marble shower. ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1899)
"... the Shawano clan of the clawfoot beasts, such as the panther, the lion, etc.
His historian in the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1892-1893, ..."
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