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Definition of Pes cavus
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.
Medical Definition of Pes cavus
1. Literally a hollow foot, pes cavus is a foot with too high an arch. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pes Cavus
Literary usage of Pes cavus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1891)
"THE CAUSATION AND MODE OF PRODUCTION OF pes cavus. ... THE deformity known as
pes cavus, hollow foot, or clawed foot, is one that apparently has not ..."
2. Clinical surgical diagnosis for students and practitioners by Fritz de Quervain (1913)
"(2) TALIPES, PES EQUINUS, pes cavus, PES CALCANEUS. These deformities are so
distinctive where their characters are once known, that we may be content with ..."
3. A Manual of modern surgery, general and operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1894)
"Normal F°al-sole (*> pes cavus (hollow-foot) is an increase (B> (Albert). in the
arch of the foot, due to contraction of the peroneus longus muscle or to ..."
4. The Clinical Journal (1906)
"This becomes more and more marked in severer examples of pes cavus. ... The boot
of a patient with pes cavus, showing the curling up of the toe and the ..."
5. Orthopedic Surgery for Practitioners by Henry Ling Taylor, Charles Ogilvy, Fred Houdlett Albee (1909)
"pes cavus (Hollow foot).—Some individuals have an exaggerated arch and bear weight
only on the heel and ball. Cavus is a frequent complication of equinus, ..."
6. A Manual on Foot Care and Shoe Fitting for Officers of the U.S. Navy and U.S by William Leake Mann, Spencer Augustus Folsom (1920)
"Arch supports should not be worn for this condition as they tend to decrease the
muscular power of the soles of the feet. i pes cavus (Hollow-foot) It is ..."
7. A Textbook of Nervous Diseases for Students and Practicing Physicians: In by Robert Bing, Charles Lewis Allen (1921)
"Preponderance of the muscles of the solo over the more or less weakened anterior
and posterior muscles of the leg, leads to "paralytic pes cavus," atrophy ..."
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