valgus

English

adj
Definitions
  • knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valgus (bow-legged, bandy-legged, knock-kneed).

Origin

Latin

valgus

Gloss

bow-legged, bandy-legged, knock-kneed

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