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deformity
/ dɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ /
noun
- a deformed condition; disfigurement
- pathol an acquired or congenital distortion of an organ or part
- a deformed person or thing
- a defect, esp of the mind or morals; depravity
Other Words From
- nonde·formi·ty noun plural nondeformities
Word History and Origins
Origin of deformity1
Example Sentences
They can detect spinal deformities, bacterial infections, and the presence of parasites known as sea lice, which are often too tiny for the human eye to see.
The frail story line has been built in part on the potential discovery of a deformity in Tut’s left foot, along with 130 walking sticks found in his tomb.
Around the same time, researchers discovered that the Zika virus, which was mainly transmitted through mosquitoes, could pass from a pregnant person to their fetus and cause severe birth deformities.
Smithsonian anthropologists, who helped direct the study, found evidence of childhood diseases and congenital deformities.
While the resulting pig embryos had severe muscle deformities as they developed, their hearts beat as normal.
The bones unearthed in the parking lot revealed that Richard did indeed have a deformity.
Anyway, physical deformity was not the most serious charge the Tudors brought against Richard.
Maude was born with facial deformity and hence not considered the marrying type.
William Hay died in England; remarkable for his deformity, on which he wrote an essay.
Also, that which especially exasperates the man of Taste in the sight of Vice is its deformity and disproportion.
The connection, then, between the cranial deformity and some underlying nervous disturbance might be assumed.
As a public force he was no longer a human being at all—he was a deformity, a spectre conjured up to bring fright to the beholder.
Almost any deformity or abnormality these days is called mutantism.
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