Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dropping of the anterior portion of the foot when the limb is raised from the ground, due to paralysis of the flexor muscles.
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Examples
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I detected a slight imbalance in her gait and considered whether it was from vertigo or a foot-drop.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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I detected a slight imbalance in her gait and considered whether it was from vertigo or a foot-drop.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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I detected a slight imbalance in her gait and considered whether it was from vertigo or a foot-drop.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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So that was over and done with, he thought as he walked home with the crafty new gait he had developed to disguise a tiny tendency to foot-drop on the left side.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Hyperæsthesia of the sole was noted early, and when I saw the patient three months later, there was wasting of the muscles of the leg, and foot-drop, although he walked with a stick.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The patient walks with foot-drop, and the flexor muscles of the knee are weak.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The gait was spastic, and the patient was more troubled by a contraction of the calf muscles, which prevented his putting the heel to the ground, than by the foot-drop.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Eight months after the injury, the patient still walked with foot-drop; there was modified sensation in the musculo-cutaneous area, and a feeling as if the bones of the foot were uncovered when he walked.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Considerable power had been regained in the lower extremity, so that the patient could walk with help, but foot-drop persisted; the gait was spastic in character, the reflexes were much exaggerated, and there was marked clonus.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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He walked fairly well, but still with foot-drop, and complained of tenderness in the sole.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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