Varus may refer to: *

Var River The Var (, ; it, Varo; la, Varus) is a river located in the southeast of France. It is long. Its drainage basin is .Stura di Lanzo Stura di Lanzo ( la, Varus) is a long river in north-western Italy (Piedmont), in the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin. Toponymy The name Stura has C ...

or Varus, a river in Italy *

Varus deformity Varus may refer to: * Var River or Varus, a river in France * Stura di Lanzo or Varus, a river in Italy * Varus deformity, a medical term for the inward angulation of the distal segment of a bone or joint ** Coxa vara, affecting the hip ** Genu varu ...

, a medical term for the inward angulation of the distal segment of a bone or joint **

Coxa vara Coxa vara is a deformity of the hip, whereby the angle between the head and the shaft of the femur is reduced to less than 120 degrees. This results in the leg being shortened and the development of a limp. It may be congenital and is commonly cau ...

, affecting the hip **

Genu varum Genu varum (also called bow-leggedness, bandiness, bandy-leg, and tibia vara) is a varus deformity marked by (outward) bowing at the knee, which means that the lower leg is angled inward ( medially) in relation to the thigh's axis, giving the ...

, affecting the knee **

Hallux varus Hallux varus is a deformity of the great toe joint where the hallux (great toe) is deviated medially (towards the midline of the body) away from the first metatarsal bone. The hallux usually moves in the transverse plane. Unlike hallux valgus, als ...

, affecting the big toe **

Cubitus varus Cubitus varus is a varus deformity in which the extended forearm is deviated towards midline of the body. Cubitus varus is often referred to as "Gunstock deformity", due to the crooked nature of the healing. The "opposite" condition is cubitus v ...

, affecting the elbow **

Club foot Clubfoot is a birth defect where one or both feet are rotated inward and downward. Congenital clubfoot is the most common congenital malformation of the foot with an incidence of 1 per 1000 births. In approximately 50% of cases, clubfoot aff ...

(talipes equinovarus), affecting the heel

People with the name

Publius Attius Varus Publius Attius Varus (died 17 March 45 BC) was the Roman governor of Africa during the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey. He declared war against Caesar, and initially fought Gaius Scribonius Curio, who was sent against him in 49 BC. P ...

(died 45 BC), Roman governor of Africa *

Publius Quinctilius Varus Publius Quinctilius Varus (Cremona, 46 BC – Teutoburg Forest, AD 9) was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus. Varus is generally remembered for having lost three Roman legions when ambushed by Germanic tribes l ...

(46 BC–AD 9), politician and general of the Roman Empire *

Publius Quinctilius Varus the Younger Publius Quinctilius Varus Minor (''Minor'' Latin for ''the younger'') (AD 4 AD 27) was a Roman senator. Family background Varus was a member of the gens Quinctilia. He was the only child born to the Roman general and politician Publius Quinctili ...

(c. AD 1–27), son of Publius Quinctilius Varus *

Marcus Plancius Varus Marcus Plancius Varus was an Anatolian Roman noble who lived in the 1st century in the Roman Empire. His paternal ancestors were originally from Latium in Central Italy. They had immigrated to Anatolia in the time of the late Roman Republic. Varus ...

(1st century AD), politician of the Roman Empire *

Gaius Plancius Varus Gaius Plancius Varus was a Roman who lived between the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire. Varus was the son of the Roman Senator and Proconsul Marcus Plancius Varus, and the Herodian Princess Julia. His sister was Plancia Magna; he ...

(1st–2nd century AD), son of Marcus Plancius Varus and politician of the Roman Empire *

Titus Clodius Vibius Varus Titus Clodius Vibius Varus was a Roman senator who was ordinary consul in AD 160 as the colleague of Appius Annius Atilius Bradua. A bull offering was made to the goddess Cybele for the health of Emperor Antoninus Pius and for the preservation of ...

, Roman consul, 160 AD * Titus Vibius Varus, Roman consul, 134 AD * Titus Vibius Varus, Roman suffect consul, 115 AD *

Alfenus Varus Alfenus Varus was an ancient Roman jurist and writer who lived around the 1st century BC. Life Alfenus Varus (whose praenomen might have been Publius) was a pupil of Servius Sulpicius Rufus, and the only pupil of Servius from whom there are any ...

, 1st-century Roman jurist and possible consul *

Saint Varus Saint Varus ( Gr. Ούαρος) (died ca. 304, Alexandria, Egypt) was an early Christian saint, soldier and martyr. Biography According to his generally reliable and authentic Acts, he was a soldier stationed in Upper Egypt who had the task of g ...

(died c. AD 307), early Christian martyr, soldier from Egypt {{disambiguation