bow legs

/ bəʊ, bəʊˈlɛɡɪd, bəʊˈlɛɡd /

plural noun

1. Also called: bandy legs. a condition in which the legs curve outwards like a bow between the ankle and the thigh

Other Word Forms

• bow-legged adjective

Example Sentences

He cited a 2016 global consensus report on rickets, a condition linked to vitamin D deficiency that causes soft bones and bow legs.

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Children with achondroplasia can develop a curve in their lower spine and some get bow legs.

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I’d seent this afore in Possum Moan; when you summed it up with his bow legs, these was signs that someone had got a bad dose of rickets when they was young.

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Those with tattoos, dreadlocks and "bow legs" were also disqualified from the exercise.

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"Some of our clients come to treat their pelvis after childbirth, or others to fix bow legs."

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