talipes calcaneus

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   talipes in which the toes are pointed upward and the person walks on the heel of the foot

   Broaderclubfoot

Questions about talipes calcaneus

What does talipes calcaneus mean?

talipes calcaneus means "talipes in which the toes are pointed upward and the person walks on the heel of the foot".

Is talipes calcaneus a common word?

talipes calcaneus 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.