Deformity
noun
A condition where something or someone's shape or form is not normal or expected, usually because of some physical problem or damage.
The car accident caused a severe deformity in his leg.
Often appears as...
- physical deformity
- facial deformity
noun
A visible and often ugly difference from what is normal, typically in the body.
The doctor diagnosed her with a bone deformity.
Often appears as...
- congenital deformity
- skeletal deformity
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Formal
noun
An anomaly or abnormal feature or attribute.
The deformity in the data skewed our research results.
Often appears as...
- data deformity
- crystal deformity
noun
A change in normal linear or planar relationships due to damage or abnormal growth.
The deformity in the bridge structure poses a significant safety risk.
Often appears as...
- structural deformity
- load-induced deformity
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Formal
Technical
noun
A condition where something or someone's shape or form is not normal or expected, usually because of some physical problem or damage.
The car accident caused a severe deformity in his leg.
Often appears as...
- physical deformity
- facial deformity
noun
A visible and often ugly difference from what is normal, typically in the body.
The doctor diagnosed her with a bone deformity.
Often appears as...
- congenital deformity
- skeletal deformity
Usage tips
Formal
noun
An anomaly or abnormal feature or attribute.
The deformity in the data skewed our research results.
Often appears as...
- data deformity
- crystal deformity
noun
A change in normal linear or planar relationships due to damage or abnormal growth.
The deformity in the bridge structure poses a significant safety risk.
Often appears as...
- structural deformity
- load-induced deformity
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Be mindful that using 'deformity' to describe a person may cause offense because of its strong negative connotations.
It is better to speak of 'a condition affecting someone's appearance' rather than a 'deformity'.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Reference
'Deformity' often refers specifically to abnormal shapes in organisms, especially humans.
She was born with a hand deformity.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Be mindful that using 'deformity' to describe a person may cause offense because of its strong negative connotations.
It is better to speak of 'a condition affecting someone's appearance' rather than a 'deformity'.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Reference
'Deformity' often refers specifically to abnormal shapes in organisms, especially humans.
She was born with a hand deformity.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Be mindful that using 'deformity' to describe a person may cause offense because of its strong negative connotations.
It is better to speak of 'a condition affecting someone's appearance' rather than a 'deformity'.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Reference
'Deformity' often refers specifically to abnormal shapes in organisms, especially humans.
She was born with a hand deformity.
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Why are frogs...
And these chemicals are easily absorbed through amphibians' permeable skin, causing immunosuppression, or a weakened immune system, and developmental deformities. Okay, so why are these little green guys worth keeping around? Frogs are important for a multitude of reasons. They're an integral part of the food web,
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Want to Meet Your...
got a lot to learn is that it it was an individual who died with with disease fairly far advanced bone disease and he had a spine that looks like it had deformities he wasn't a fully functioning robust shortly to be a teenager type he was probably a person who needed a lot of help
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How I named, shamed and...
It was about children who were born with deformities, and their parents felt that once they were born with those deformities, they were not good enough to live in the society, so they were given some concoction to take and as a result they died.
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The strange case of the...
were baffled when their sheep gave birth to lambs with a singular deformity. Mystified by these cyclops sheep, they called in scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate. The researchers hypothesized that the pregnant ewes
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we also see the same in males but more in females and my guess is because males will wander how I fight not schewe I know what I'm talking about but I've imagined because females do not fight a lot the the deformity the forma T of the
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For Children With...
children and their parents wanting to get to my attention because a child who has clubfoot deformity and who is not treated ends up having a lifetime of disability you many of them end up not getting to the level their skills and
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Great White Sharks of...
her distinctive tail wound looked fresh. And she seemed in desperate need of a good meal. A damaged caudal often puts a shark's life in danger. It's crucial for propelling a shark through water. APRYL Lucy's its tail deformity
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Blind-Croc Mystery PIPE...
but it's sadly one of the most polluted rivers in the Americas contaminants like pesticides and metals found in many rivers have been associated with wildlife diseases around the globe causing deformities and birds
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On Sinister Pond PIPE...
snail releases thousands of flat worm larvae that seek out the next host a tadpole the larvae dig themselves into the tadpoles budding limbs as the tadpole grows into a frog these cysts cause grotesque deformities
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
and it doesn't look like it was cut or anything like that looks like it's a natural birth deformity amazing isn't it
Video examples
Why are frogs...
And these chemicals are easily absorbed through amphibians' permeable skin, causing immunosuppression, or a weakened immune system, and developmental deformities. Okay, so why are these little green guys worth keeping around? Frogs are important for a multitude of reasons. They're an integral part of the food web,
Video examples
Want to Meet Your...
got a lot to learn is that it it was an individual who died with with disease fairly far advanced bone disease and he had a spine that looks like it had deformities he wasn't a fully functioning robust shortly to be a teenager type he was probably a person who needed a lot of help
Video examples
How I named, shamed and...
It was about children who were born with deformities, and their parents felt that once they were born with those deformities, they were not good enough to live in the society, so they were given some concoction to take and as a result they died.
Video examples
The strange case of the...
were baffled when their sheep gave birth to lambs with a singular deformity. Mystified by these cyclops sheep, they called in scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate. The researchers hypothesized that the pregnant ewes
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
we also see the same in males but more in females and my guess is because males will wander how I fight not schewe I know what I'm talking about but I've imagined because females do not fight a lot the the deformity the forma T of the
Video examples
For Children With...
children and their parents wanting to get to my attention because a child who has clubfoot deformity and who is not treated ends up having a lifetime of disability you many of them end up not getting to the level their skills and
Video examples
Great White Sharks of...
her distinctive tail wound looked fresh. And she seemed in desperate need of a good meal. A damaged caudal often puts a shark's life in danger. It's crucial for propelling a shark through water. APRYL Lucy's its tail deformity
Video examples
Blind-Croc Mystery PIPE...
but it's sadly one of the most polluted rivers in the Americas contaminants like pesticides and metals found in many rivers have been associated with wildlife diseases around the globe causing deformities and birds
Video examples
On Sinister Pond PIPE...
snail releases thousands of flat worm larvae that seek out the next host a tadpole the larvae dig themselves into the tadpoles budding limbs as the tadpole grows into a frog these cysts cause grotesque deformities
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
and it doesn't look like it was cut or anything like that looks like it's a natural birth deformity amazing isn't it
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Fernando Botero
Colombian Artist
All my life, my girlfriends are always skinny. Beauty in art has nothing to do with beauty in reality. Why do you like primitive art? Because there is beauty in the deformity. Sometimes paintings that people consider realistic are not at all. Raphael figures look realistic, but in real life, they were deformed.
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William Blake
English Poet
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
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Baruch Spinoza
Dutch Philosopher
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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Rachel Hollis
American Author
I have immense respect for anyone with a physical deformity and the courage and confidence it takes just to go out in the world.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
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Thomas Dekker
English Dramatist
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
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Gemma Arterton
English Actress
I was born with lots of deformities.
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Margot Asquith
English Author
His modesty amounts to deformity.
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Roger Fry
English Artist
Art is significant deformity.
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Fernando Botero
Colombian Artist
All my life, my girlfriends are always skinny. Beauty in art has nothing to do with beauty in reality. Why do you like primitive art? Because there is beauty in the deformity. Sometimes paintings that people consider realistic are not at all. Raphael figures look realistic, but in real life, they were deformed.
Quote examples
William Blake
English Poet
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
Quote examples
Baruch Spinoza
Dutch Philosopher
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
Quote examples
Rachel Hollis
American Author
I have immense respect for anyone with a physical deformity and the courage and confidence it takes just to go out in the world.
Quote examples
John Ruskin
English Writer
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
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Thomas Dekker
English Dramatist
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
Quote examples
Gemma Arterton
English Actress
I was born with lots of deformities.
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Margot Asquith
English Author
His modesty amounts to deformity.
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Roger Fry
English Artist
Art is significant deformity.
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