|  deformity 
 
 1. an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
 • Syn:
 malformation, misshapenness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 misshapen (for: misshapenness), deformed
 • Hypernyms:
 affliction
 • Hyponyms:
 Arnold-Chiari deformity, clawfoot, pes cavus, cleft foot, clubfoot,
 clubfoot, pigeon breast, chicken breast, plagiocephaly, scaphocephaly,
 valgus, varus
 2. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
 - there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
 - suffering from facial disfiguration
 • Syn:
 disfigurement, disfiguration
 • Derivationally related forms:
 deformed, disfigure (for: disfiguration), disfigure (for: disfigurement)
 • Hypernyms:
 appearance, visual aspect
 
 
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