varus

[ vair-uhs ]

nounPathology.
  1. abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.

Origin of varus

1
First recorded in 1790–1800, varus is from the Latin word vārus crooked, bent

Words Nearby varus

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How to use varus in a sentence

  • My work therefore, varus, will be to sow truth in the heart of the people, which shall make that heart fertile and productive.

    Aurelian | William Ware
  • Is that form to be dragged with violence amid the hootings of the populace to the tribunal of the beast varus?

    Aurelian | William Ware
  • Now shall you see precisely how it would fare with your own body, were you on this iron frame and varus standing where I am.

    Aurelian | William Ware
  • Fronto and varus, who have played with the great Aurelian as a toyman with his images, may carry even this.'

    Aurelian | William Ware
  • But varus, haughty and self-confident, laughed at the story.

    A History of Germany | Bayard Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for varus

varus

/ (ˈvɛərəs) /


adjective
  1. pathol denoting a deformity in which the distal part of a limb is turned inwards towards the midline of the body

Origin of varus

1
C19: from Latin: bow-legged

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