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fallen arch

noun

collapse of the arch formed by the instep of the foot, resulting in flat feet

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Nearby words

fibrillate, fibrillated, fibrillation, fibrilliform, fibrillogenesis, fallen arch, fibrin calculus, fibrin/fibrinogen degradation product, fibrinase, fibrino-, fibrinocellular
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Medicine definitions for fallen arch

fallen arch

[ fô′lən ]

n.

A breaking down of the longitudinal or transverse arch of the foot, resulting in flat foot or spread foot.
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