The root word fic meaning âmakeâ is a very productive root in English and you should make yourself comfortable with it. purification: process of âmakingâ pure certification: act of âmakingâ sure
bent 1. (bÄnt) v. Past tense and past participle of bend1. adj. 1. Altered from an originally straight or even condition: picked up pieces of bent wire. 2. Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the concert.
varus. bent or twisted inward; denoting a deformity in which the angulation of the part is toward the midline of the body, as in talipes varus. (va'rÅ­s), This form of the adjective is used only with masculine nouns (metatarsus varus, plural metatarsi vari.escribing an abnormal position in which a part of a limb is turned inward toward the midline, such as the great toe in hallux varus. Compare valgus. Orthopedics A fixation of a part in the position assumed if it were invertedâin a frontal plane, fixation where the plantar surface is directed toward the midline.