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Definition: Varus |
VarusAdjective1. Turned inward; especially of a deformity in which part of a limb is twisted toward the center of the body; "varus deformities of the hand". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "varus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Varus \Va"rus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from L., bent, grown inwards.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Varus" is a common misspelling or typo for: Various, Virus. |
| Antonym: valgus (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Varus |
| English words defined with "varus": Juniper worm. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "varus": Fifteen decisive Battles. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "varus": Varicose. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Varus" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (inturned). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Mysterious Varus (1918) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "varus": Drepanodes varus ♦ Talipes varus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
varus | 7 |
forefoot varus | 6 |
genu varus | 6 |
hallux varus | 5 |
metatarsus varus | 3 |
deformity varus | 2 |
valgus varus | 2 |
rearfoot varus | 2 |
calcaneal varus | 2 |
cubitus varus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "varus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | varustå (varus toe), humerus varus (humerus varus), hulfod (hollow foot, talipes cavus, varus foot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | klompvoet (varus foot), humerus varus (humerus varus), gebogen humerus (humerus varus), digitus varus (varus toe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kampurajalka (club-foot, varus foot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pied varus (varus foot), orteil varus (varus toe), humérus varus (humerus varus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Varuszehe (varus toe), Klumpfuß (club foot, clubfoot, varus foot), Humerus varus (humerus varus), Digitus varus (varus toe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ραιβός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piede varo (varus foot), omero varo (humerus varus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arusvay pé varus (varus foot), úmero varo (humerus varus). (various references) pie varo (pes abductus, varus foot), húmero varo (humerus varus), dedo del pie varo (varus toe). (various references) varusfot (varus foot), pes varus (varus foot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "varus": varuses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "varus" (pronounced 'Va"rus'): Arcturus, Birrus, brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Carus, Ceratosaurus, Churrus, Citrus, Coenurus, Elasmosaurus, Eosaurus, Eurus, gyrus, hadrosaurus, ichthyosaurus, Laurus, Malapterurus, Morosaurus, Morus, Mosasaurus, Paleosaurus, Palinurus, Papyrus, Pelorus, Pleiosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurus, Proterosaurus, Pylorus, Pyrus, Scarus, Sciurus, Silurus, Strato-cirrus, Susurrus, Teleosaurus, thesaurus, torus, Trichiurus, urus, Virus, Walrus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: sura, ursa, vars, vaus. | |
-2 letters: ars, ras, sau, var, vas, vau. | |
-3 letters: ar, as, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: savour, suaver. | |
+2 letters: favours, quavers, saviour, savours, savoury, sevruga, uvulars, valours, valuers, vapours, various, varuses, vulgars. | |
+3 letters: bravuras, flavours, gravures, haviours, outraves, outsavor, parvenus, paviours, ravenous, revalues, saviours, savorous, savoured, savourer, sevrugas, subvicar, subviral, survival, unravels, unsavory, valorous, vaporous, vaqueros, vascular, vaulters, vaunters, vavasour, vestural, virtuosa, vouvrays. | |
+4 letters: acervulus, antivirus, arbovirus, avascular, avouchers, ayurvedas, burgraves, cavernous, cultivars, curatives, duratives, favourers, maneuvers, marvelous, outbraves, outrivals, outsavors, overhauls, oversauce, oviparous, parvenues, pyruvates, quaverers, rivalrous, rotavirus, savourers, savourier, savouries, savouring, subvicars, supernova, superwave, survivals, universal, upheavers, vagarious, valuators, vanguards, vapourers, variorums, variously, vavasours, veracious, veratrums, vesicular, vicarious, virtuosas, vivariums, voracious, voyageurs, vulgarest, vulgarise, vulgarism. | |
+5 letters: adenovirus, adventures, avaricious, behaviours, boulevards, cadaverous, calvariums, chivalrous, curvaceous, curvacious, curvatures, curveballs, endeavours, evaluators, hantavirus, incurvates, manoeuvres, marvellous, naviculars, outsavored, oversauced, oversauces, overslaugh, overvalues, parvovirus, persuasive, purgatives, pursuivant, ravenously, revaluates, revictuals, savouriest, semiquaver, subaverage, subvariety, superheavy, supernovae, supernovas, superwaves, supravital, survivable, survivance, transvalue, universals, unravished, uvarovites, valorously, vanquisher, vaporously, versicular, vestibular, victualers, viraginous, visualizer, viviparous, vulgarians, vulgarised, vulgarises, vulgarisms, vulgarizes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 72 75 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-. ..- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01110010 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a r u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0072 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5667848785 |
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