flatfoot
/ˈflatfʊt
/noun [mass noun]
1 (also flat feet) A condition in which the foot has an arch that is lower than usual: various surgical techniques are used to correct adult-acquired flatfoot he had a severe case of flat feet and complained of back problems...Also called pes planus.
- The tendon has become dysfunctional and the foot has developed acquired flatfoot, but the deformity is passively correctable.
- You may experience pain on your inner ankle and gradually lose the inner arch on the bottom of your foot, leading to flatfoot.
- In some children who are born with flatfeet, the arch never fully develops.
2 (plural flatfoots or flatfeet) informal, dated A police officer: FBI flatfoots and Mafia goons...
- It does not require a platoon of flatfoots to make discreet inquiries.
- My faith in the London flatfeet still flickers.
- A couple of days later, he summoned Toronto flatfeet to lay assault charges.
- suprascapular
- suprascript
- suprasegmental
- suprasegmentally
- suprasellar
- suprasensible
- suprasensitive
- suprasensitivity
- suprasensual
- suprasensuous
- supra-sentential
- supraspecies
- supraspecific
- supraspective
- supraspinatus
- supraspinous
- suprasterol
- suprasubtle
- coprophagia
- coprophagic
- coprophagous
- coprophagy
- coprophilia
- cops and robbers
- copse