deformed

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When many nucleons participate in these coordinated transitions, the nucleus becomes strongly deformed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Sun, however, had a problem: a deformed finger that slowed him down and drew the ire of his overseers.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

However, exposure to high levels can result in brittle hair, deformed nails and neurological effects.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

Close to him was the skull of a mammoth, polished and brown, and a hairy ochre cloak, being worn by a small woman with a deformed left hand.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman