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Definition of Deformity
1. Noun. An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed.
Generic synonyms: Affliction
Specialized synonyms: Arnold-chiari Deformity, Clawfoot, Pes Cavus, Cleft Foot, Clubfoot, Talipes, Chicken Breast, Pigeon Breast, Plagiocephaly, Scaphocephaly, Valgus, Varus
Derivative terms: Deformed, Misshapen
2. Noun. An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen. "Suffering from facial disfiguration"
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Derivative terms: Deformed, Disfigure, Disfigure
Definition of Deformity
1. n. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.
Definition of Deformity
1. Noun. The state of being deformed. ¹
2. Noun. Something which is deformed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deformity
1. [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Deformity
1. A permanent structural deviation from the normal shape or size, resulting in disfigurement; may be congenital or acquired. Synonym: deformation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deformity
Literary usage of Deformity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1898)
"Of Beauty and deformity. Whether we consider the body as a part of ourselves, or
assent to those philosophers, who regard it as something external, ..."
2. Organizations by James G. March, Herbert Alexander Simon (1878)
"The diagnosis in such cases can usually be made, by taking care, in the examination,
to grasp the epiphysis itself firmly with -**=^s^- Fig. 106. deformity ..."
3. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1908)
"TI IK SURGICAL CORRECTION OF EXTERNAL NASAL deformity. As each case is of necessity
a law unto itself, it is impossible to describe operative procedures ..."
4. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"OF deformity. DEFORMED persons are commonly even with nature *; for as nature
hath done ... Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"deformity from Burn; Successful Flattie Operation.—In the same periodical Dr.
BOHM relates the case of a journeyman smith who had accidentally incurred a ..."
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