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O-Beine

English translation: bow legs, bandy legs

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German term or phrase:O-Beine
English translation:bow legs, bandy legs
Entered by: Dawn Montague

08:25 Feb 4, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical
German term or phrase: O-Beine
in the context of discussing rickets and its symptoms
Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 04:12
bow leg
Explanation:
(deutsch) Genu varum
(englisch) bow leg, bowleg, out knee, bandy-leg, gonyectyposis, genu varum
The most common term would be bow leg (or bowleg). Latin name is genu varum.

Genu varum (­) n: sog. O-Bein; in leichter Form im Säuglingsalter physiologisch;
Urs.: angeboren, posttraumatisch, bei Rachitis, entzündliche od. neoplastische Störung im Epiphysenbereich, Knochendysplasie, Lähmung;
Ther.: im Kindesalter Einlagen mit Außenranderhöhung, bei Jugendlichen u. Erwachsenen u. U. Korrekturosteotomie.
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Ulrike Lieder (X)
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nabandy legs
Elisa Capelão
nabow leg
Ulrike Lieder (X)
nabandy legs
Anita Millar (X)


  

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11 mins
bandy legs


Explanation:
hope it helps

please see:

How sunshine can help beat bone disease
... reporting the return of the Dickensian disease rickets in young children. At its
height ... to soften and weaken, resulting in bandy legs and pigeon chests. ...
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    see above
Elisa Capelão
Local time: 08:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 117
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27 mins
bow leg


Explanation:
(deutsch) Genu varum
(englisch) bow leg, bowleg, out knee, bandy-leg, gonyectyposis, genu varum
The most common term would be bow leg (or bowleg). Latin name is genu varum.

Genu varum (­) n: sog. O-Bein; in leichter Form im Säuglingsalter physiologisch;
Urs.: angeboren, posttraumatisch, bei Rachitis, entzündliche od. neoplastische Störung im Epiphysenbereich, Knochendysplasie, Lähmung;
Ther.: im Kindesalter Einlagen mit Außenranderhöhung, bei Jugendlichen u. Erwachsenen u. U. Korrekturosteotomie.


    Pschyrembel, Klinisch-Therapeutisches W�rterbuch
Ulrike Lieder (X)
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29 mins
bandy legs


Explanation:
Both expressions (X Beine and O Beine) refer to leg bones that are not straight. O describes the shape of the legs, formed like the letter O, where the knees don't meet, and X (knock knees) describes the shape like the letter X, where the knees come together but the legs above and below the knees continue at an angle.

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