deformity
Example Sentences
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He explained that his friends used to say "you don't look dyslexic" as if it was a "deformity", but he added "those were the times".
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
Surgery is often required to prevent heel deformity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024
Growth plates are weaker than the surrounding muscles and bones and prone to injury that can lead to either reversible changes or permanent deformity.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
I'm thinking of the anecdote in your book where Alfie was seemingly unaware of her own deformity while flapping around with her partially formed feathers.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023
Dr. Remile was quite shocked, whether by my deformity or my audacity I can’t say, but probably less shocked than I was by the sound of my own voice.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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