deformity

  • 21deformity — A permanent structural deviation from the normal shape, size, or alignment, resulting in disfigurement; may be congenital or acquired. SEE ALSO: deformation (1). Åkerlund d. indentation (incisura) with niche of duodenal …

    Medical dictionary

  • 22deformity — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, absurdity, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, amputee, anticness, atrophy, awfulness, bacterial disease, birth defect, birthmark, bizarreness, bizarrerie …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 23deformity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. malformation, disfigurement, distortion, ugliness, imperfection, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. malformation, deformation, disfigurement, unsightliness; see contortion 1 , damage 1 . III (Roget …

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  • 24deformity — de|for|mi|ty [ dı fɔrməti ] noun count or uncount a part of someone s body that is not the normal shape …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25deformity — de form·i·ty || mÉ™tɪ n. physical distortion, disfigurement, abnormality …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26deformity — n. 1. Distortion, malformation, misproportion, ugliness, inelegance, disfigurement, monstrosity, want of symmetry. 2. Irregularity, deviation from propriety …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27deformity — noun (C, U) a condition in which part of someone s body is not the normal shape …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28deformity — noun a brace used to correct spinal deformities Syn: malformation, misshapenness, distortion, crookedness; imperfection, abnormality, irregularity; disfigurement; defect, flaw, blemish …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 29deformity — n 1. deformation, disfigurement, malformation, misshapenness, defacement, distortion, disfiguration; contortion, crookedness, twisting, Pathol. kyphosis, warp; ugliness, unsightliness, eyesore, blemish, imperfection; monstrosity, abortion. 2.… …

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  • 30deformity — de·for·mi·ty …

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