Monday, March 22, 2010

Doesn't this word sound positively dirty?


Valgus


[val-guhs] noun, plural-gus·es.
Pathology

–noun
1.
an abnormally turned position of a part of the bone structure of a human being, esp. of the leg.

–adjective
2.
of or in such a position; bowlegged, knock-kneed, or the like.


Origin:
1790–1800; <>

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