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COXA VARA

\kˈɒksə vˈɑːɹə], \kˈɒksə vˈɑːɹə], \k_ˈɒ_k_s_ə v_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə]\

Definitions of COXA VARA

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Bending of neck of femur without hip-joint disease.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A deformity of the neck of the femur in which the angle formed between the axis of the neck of the femur and the axis of the shaft is less than 130 . [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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