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valgus /val·gus/ (val´gus) [L.] bent out, twisted; denoting a deformity in which the angulation is away from the midline of the body, as in talipes valgus. The meanings of valgus and varus are often reversed.

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val·gus (vlgs)

adj.

Characterized by an abnormal outward turning of a bone, especially of the hip, knee, or foot; occasionally used to indicate an inward turning.

n.

A bone of the leg or foot characterized by such an abnormality.

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valgus

[L.] bent outward; twisted; denoting a deformity in which the angulation is away from the midline of the body, as in coxa valga.

Carpal valgus in a lamb. By permission from Smith BP, Large Animal Internal Medicine, Mosby, 2001

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valgus Orthopedics Fixation of an extremity in the position it would assume if everted; if in the frontal plane, the plantar surface is directed away from the midline. Cf Varus.