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varus

NOUN
  1. a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree

How To Use varus In A Sentence

  • Finis et Hesperiae promoto milite varus, Quaque sub Herculeo sacratus numine Portus Urget rupe cava Pelagus, non Corus in illum Travels through France and Italy
  • He had a foot forming almost a straight line with the leg, which, however, did not prevent it from being turned in, so that it was an equinus together with something of a varus, or else a slight varus with a strong tendency to equinus. Madame Bovary
  • The identification is doubtful, but the scholiast (ancient commentator) knew Varus' origin.
  • In a recent study, an association between high longitudinal arches with less pronation of the ankle and less varus of the forefoot was noted.
  • Rehabilitation of the elbow with the arm in the horizontal or dependent position should be considered following excision of the olecranon, while varus and valgus orientations should be avoided.
  • The Celtic divinity, Teutates, has his name from the Celtic teuta, people; taviti, fire, appearing here in its secondary and derived sense of PEOPLE, just as it does in its own Scythian language in Targitavus's second name, Tavit-varus, Teutaros, the protector of the people. Celtic Literature
  • But he was eager to emulate his father and reconquer parts of Germany lost after the defeat of Quinctilius Varus.
  • With the varus battle you're completely in the clear because it's so near in time to Tacitus' account. Human sacrifice in Anglo-Saxon England
  • The lower extremities were equal in length, and no varus or valgus deformity of the knee was present.
  • The term variola is from the Latin varus, a pimple. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86
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