pes planus

1. 1.

   a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out

   Synonymsflatfootsplayfoot

   Broaderfoot

Questions about pes planus

What does pes planus mean?

pes planus means "a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out".

What is another word for pes planus?

Close synonyms include flatfoot, splayfoot. 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 pes planus a common word?

pes planus 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.