CLUBFOOT

A common malformation of the foot evident at birth. The medical term for the common ("classic") type of clubfoot is talipes equinovarus. The Latin word talipes was compounded from talus (ankle) + pes (foot) since, with a clubfoot, the foot is turned in sharply and the person seems to be walking on their ankle. Equino- indicates the heel is elevated (like a horse’s) and -varus indicates it is turned inward.