DEFORMITY
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)
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)
Meaning:
An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
disfiguration; disfigurement; deformity
Context examples:
there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back / suffering from facial disfiguration
Hypernyms ("deformity" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
