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bowlegs (genu varum), outward curvature of the leg bone (tibia) or thighbone (femur) causing the knees to separate when the feet are placed together. When the condition is severe enough to be considered a deformity, the cause is usually a disorder that occurs early in life such as rickets rickets or rachitis (rəkī`tĭs), bone disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium. ..... Click the link for more information. , flat feet, a congenital disease, or an injury. Bowlegs can be corrected mechanically by braces, shoe wedges, or other orthopedic devices. In some cases the bone is straightened surgically. |
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Q A few weeks ago, a fellow student complained that his teacher was blaming him for his bowlegs. The same squat bowlegs, the same protruding eyes and puffed lips, but a ghostly presence that mocked everything his father had built. They have short stature, bowlegs or knock-knees, and deformities of the skull. |
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