genu varum

1. 1.

   a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

   Synonymsbowlegbow legbandylegbandy legtibia vara

   Broaderlegdisability

Questions about genu varum

What does genu varum mean?

genu varum means "a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)".

What is another word for genu varum?

Close synonyms include bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, tibia vara. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genu varum a common word?

genu varum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.