deformity
noun /dɪˈfɔːməti/
/dɪˈfɔːrməti/
[countable, uncountable] (plural deformities)
- a condition in which a part of the body is not the normal shape because of injury, illness or because it has grown wrongly synonym malformation
- Drugs taken during pregnancy may cause physical deformity in babies.
- The injury resulted in a deformity of the hip joint.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- congenital
- genetic
- …
- have
- suffer from
- cause
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desformite, from Latin deformitas, from deformis ‘misshapen’.