Definition of Kyllosis

1. club-foot [n KYLLOSES]

Medical Definition of Kyllosis

1. An obsolete term for talipes. Origin: G. Kyllosis, a crippling (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyllosis

kykeon
kyking
kyle
kyles
kyley
kyleys
kylices
kylie
kylies
kylikes
kylin
kylins
kylix
kylixes
kylloses
kyllosis (current term)
kyloe
kyloes
kymatism
kymatology
kymnel
kymnels
kymogram
kymograms
kymograph
kymographic
kymographies
kymographs
kymography
kymoscope

Literary usage of Kyllosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"... entertained by authors of all ages and countries, is referred. kyllosis, according to G haussier, occurred 37 times, in 138 cases of monstrosity. ..."

2. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1911)
"kyllosis, kil-</-sis. Club-foot. Ky'mograph. An instrument for recording various movement in the form of waves. ..."

3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1876)
"The foot was deformed, being an example of congenital kyllosis, but I do not think this condition had any bearing upon the occurrence of the gangrene. ..."

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