Definitions for: Deformity

[n] an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"
[n] an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

Webster (1913) Definition: De*form"i*ty, n.; pl. Deformities. [L. deformitas,
fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformet['e], deformit['e], F.
difformit['e]. See Deform, v. & a., and cf. Disformity.]
1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or
symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion;
irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.

To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits
deformity to mock my body. --Shak.

2. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety;
irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the
established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an
edifice; deformity of character.

Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so
near upon her foul deformities. --Milton.

Synonyms: disfiguration, disfigurement, malformation, misshapenness

See Also: affliction, appearance, Arnold-Chiari deformity, chicken breast, clawfoot, cleft foot, clubfoot, pes cavus, pigeon breast, plagiocephaly, scaphocephaly, talipes, visual aspect

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