DEFORMITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deformity mean? 

• DEFORMITY (noun)
  The noun DEFORMITY has 2 senses:

1. an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

2. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen

  Familiarity information: DEFORMITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFORMITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

deformity; malformation; misshapenness

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deformity; disfiguration; disfigurement

Context example:

suffering from facial disfiguration

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)

 Context examples 

Clinical signs appear within the first decade and are characterized by multiple soft tissue hemiangiomas and enchondromas leading to skeletal deformities.

(Maffucci Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include joint pain, joint swelling, limb deformity, and changes in the skin covering the bone lesion.

(Melorheostosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; appearance of left foot - deformities.

(MNSI - Left Foot Deformities, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; appearance of right foot - deformities.

(MNSI - Right Foot Deformities, NCI Thesaurus)

The integer assigned to a localized pathological or traumatic structural change, damage, deformity, or discontinuity of tissue, organ or body part.

(Lesion Number, NCI Thesaurus)

A localized pathological or traumatic structural change, damage, deformity, or discontinuity of tissue, organ, or body part.

(Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

They also manage care of patients who have been injured or who have deformities or other conditions that need surgery.

(General surgery, NCI Dictionary)

Signs and symptoms include lethargy, feeding difficulties, hypotonia, intellectual deformities, and seizures.

(Glycine Encephalopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

A very rare inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by osteoporosis, skull deformities, short stature, and bone flexibility.

(Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital deformity in which there is no laryngeal structure.

(Laryngeal Agenesis, NCI Thesaurus)