VALGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valgus mean? 

• VALGUS (noun)
  The noun VALGUS has 1 sense:

1. a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body

  Familiarity information: VALGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("valgus" is a kind of...):

deformity; malformation; misshapenness (an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed)

Antonym:

varus (a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree)