VARUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

Antonym:

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