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varus
[ vair-uhs ]
noun
- abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
varus
/ ˈvɛərəs /
adjective
- pathol denoting a deformity in which the distal part of a limb is turned inwards towards the midline of the body
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Origin of varus1
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Example Sentences
My work therefore, Varus, will be to sow truth in the heart of the people, which shall make that heart fertile and productive.
Is that form to be dragged with violence amid the hootings of the populace to the tribunal of the beast Varus?
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.
Fronto and Varus, who have played with the great Aurelian as a toyman with his images, may carry even this.'
But Varus, haughty and self-confident, laughed at the story.
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