bow legs
Outward curving limbs
Bow legs are legs that curve outward at the knees, leaving a gap when the feet are together.
The condition is normal in toddlers but can persist or develop later.
Someone with this condition is bow-legged: He walked with the bow-legged gait of an old cowboy.
Also spelled bowlegs.
- knock kneesInward leg alignment
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- vitamin D deficiencyInadequate sunshine hormone levels
- bandyIce sport with ball
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
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- abnormalitiesmalformation, deformation, anomaly, birth defect, abnormal growth
- body traitsheight, weight, body shape, build, stature
- baby traitsbaby fat, baby teeth, chubby cheeks, big eyes, button nose
- bone disordersosteoporosis, rickets, bone fracture, broken bone, bone loss
- limb abnormalitiesamelia, polydactyly, missing limb, missing hand, missing fingers
- childhood ailmentschickenpox, measles, mumps, croup, ear infection