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DEFORMITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
Example:
suffering from facial disfiguration
Synonyms:
deformity; disfiguration; disfigurement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deformity" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Derivation:
deformed (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
Synonyms:
deformity; malformation; misshapenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("deformity" is a kind of...):
affliction (a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deformity"):
Arnold-Chiari deformity (deformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull)
clawfoot; pes cavus (a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw)
cleft foot (a deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot)
clubfoot; talipes (congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes)
chicken breast; pigeon breast (abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets)
plagiocephaly (congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique)
scaphocephaly (congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation)
valgus (a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body)
varus (a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree)
Derivation:
deformed (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly)
Context examples:
Congenital or acquired deformity of the musculoskeletal system.
(Musculoskeletal Deformity, NCI Thesaurus)
Examples include thickening, thinning, deformity, and separation from the nail bed.
(Nail Changes, NCI Thesaurus)
Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Evil besides (which I must still believe to be the lethal side of man) had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Patients present with bone and muscle pain, severe muscle weakness, fractures, gait disturbances, skeletal deformity, height loss, and slow growth.
(Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by bone deformities, multiple fractures, underdeveloped lungs, and often death during or after birth due to respiratory abnormalities.
(Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type II, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by fingernail deformities, absence or hypoplasia of the patellae, iliac horns, deformities of the radial heads, nephropathy, and glaucoma.
(Nail-Patella Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Deformity or discoloration of a fingernail or toenail.
(Onychodystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)
Bone deformities are either absent or minimal.
(Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type I, NCI Thesaurus)
A skeletal deformity characterized by an unusually prominent forehead.
(Frontal Bossing, NCI Thesaurus)
