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CLAW-FOOT

\klˈɔːfˈʊt], \klˈɔːfˈʊt], \k_l_ˈɔː_f_ˈʊ_t]\

Definitions of CLAW-FOOT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Atrophy and distortion of foot.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Arching of the foot combined with hyperextension of the proximal and flexion of the other segments of the toes. The interossei and lumbrical muscles are generally paralyzed.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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