GENU VARUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genu varum mean? 

• GENU VARUM (noun)
  The noun GENU VARUM has 1 sense:

1. a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

  Familiarity information: GENU VARUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENU VARUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bandy leg; bandyleg; bow leg; bowleg; genu varum; tibia vara

Hypernyms ("genu varum" is a kind of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

 Context examples 

Affected individuals exhibit short stature caused by rhizomelic shortening of the limbs, characteristic facies with frontal bossing and mid-face hypoplasia, exaggerated lumbar lordosis, limitation of elbow extension, genu varum, and trident hand.

(Achondroplasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)