MEANING
A marked alteration or irregularity of bodily shape or structure.
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- physical deformity
- structural deformity
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The report described a structural deformity.
The artist designed a fictional deformity for the creature.
The account separated physical deformity from character.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular deformity; plural deformities. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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