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talipes

noun/ˈtælɪpiːz/

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A congenital deformity in which the foot is twisted out of its normal position, commonly called club foot.

The child was born with talipes and had worn corrective casts as an infant.

Topic: Podiatry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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