Path. [L. valgus bandy-legged.]
1. A variety of club-foot in which the foot is turned outwards († or inwards).
1800. Med. Jrnl., IV. 195. In those diseases where the feet turn inwards, and which, I presume, Mr. Watt will call valgus.
1836–9. Todd’s Cycl. Anat. & Phys., II. 348/2. When the foot … is turned outwards, called valgus. Ibid., 349/2. The same complication of the pes equinus with the valgus is rare.
1884. W. Pye, Surg. Handicraft, 322. The second expedient is only used for valgus, and consists in fixing a pad under the sole of the foot.
attrib. 1884. W. Pye, Surg. Handicraft, 322. Valgus pad for sole [of the foot].
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 15. The abductors of the foot move it into the valgus position.
2. Spurious valgus, flat foot.
1872. Bryant, Pract. Surgery, 1014.
