- bowleg, bow-leg
- SYN: genu varum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
bowleg, bow-leg
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bow leg — noun 1. a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) • Syn: ↑bowleg, ↑bandyleg, ↑bandy leg, ↑genu varum, ↑tibia vara • Hypernyms: ↑leg, ↑disability, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bowleg — Bow leg , n. A crooked leg. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bowleg — bow•leg [[t]ˈboʊˌlɛg[/t]] n. 1) pat outward curvature of the legs causing a separation of the knees when the ankles are close or in contact 2) pat a leg so curved • Etymology: 1545–55 bow′leg ged, adj. bow′leg ged•ness, n … From formal English to slang
bowleg — bow·leg bō .leg, .lāg, bō n a leg bowed outward at or below the knee called also genu varum * * * bow·leg (boґleg) genu varum … Medical dictionary
bowleg — I noun a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) • Syn: ↑bow leg, ↑bandyleg, ↑bandy leg, ↑genu varum, ↑tibia vara • Hypernyms: ↑leg, ↑disability … Useful english dictionary
bandy leg — noun a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) • Syn: ↑bowleg, ↑bow leg, ↑bandyleg, ↑genu varum, ↑tibia vara • Hypernyms: ↑leg, ↑disability, ↑disablement, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Genu — The Latin word for the knee. When the knee is referred to in medicine, it is just called the knee. However, the word genu is also used in medicine as in: genu recurvatum (hyperextension of the knee), genu valgum (knock knee) and genu varum… … Medical dictionary
Genu varum — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = X Ray of the legs in a 2 year old child with rickets DiseasesDB = 29404 ICD10 = ICD10|Q|68|3|q|65 ICD10|Q|68|5|q|65, ICD10|Q|74|1|q|65 ICD9 = ICD9|755.64 congenital; ICD9|736.42 acquired ICDO = OMIM =… … Wikipedia
genu varum — noun a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) • Syn: ↑bowleg, ↑bow leg, ↑bandyleg, ↑bandy leg, ↑tibia vara • Hypernyms: ↑leg, ↑disability, ↑disablement, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
disablement — noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness reading disability hearing impairment • Syn: ↑disability, ↑handicap, ↑impairment • Derivationally related forms: ↑handicap ( … Useful english dictionary
