FLAT-FOOT

n. FlaH'fuH. Lat., pe* plan us. Fr., pied plat. Ger PlattfuM. A spurious valgus in which there is a depre ion..f the inner half of the plantar arch without a version i of the sole. It may lie due to defective o eous development, to the weight or the child's body in walking, flattening the arch, or to rheumatism or gout, la, St.] [s. 72]