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Definition of deformity noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

deformity

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noun
NAmE//dɪˈfɔrmət̮i//
 
(pl. deformities) [countable, uncountable]
 
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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.
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