Usually means: Impaired ability to lift foot.
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  1. foot-drop: Wordnik
  2. foot drop: Wiktionary
  3. foot drop: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. foot-drop, foot drop: Dictionary.com
  5. Foot drop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Foot drop: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. foot drop: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Foot-drop, Foot drop: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Disorder Index (No longer online)
  5. Foot drop, foot-drop: Medical dictionary
  6. Foot-drop, Foot drop: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (foot drop)

▸ noun:  A gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens due to weakness, nerve damage, or paralysis.

Similar:
toe drop, steppage, clubfootedness, wristdrop, Charcot foot, pedopathy, wrist drop, abasia, droopage, foothalt, more...

Opposite:
foot raise, dorsiflexion, ankle extension

Types:
L5 radiculopathy, spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, ALS, more...

Phrases:
waiting for the other foot to drop, more...

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Similar:
toe drop, steppage, clubfootedness, wristdrop, Charcot foot, pedopathy, wrist drop, abasia, droopage, foothalt, more...

Opposite:
foot raise, dorsiflexion, ankle extension

Types:
L5 radiculopathy, spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, ALS, more...

Phrases:
waiting for the other foot to drop, more...



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