deformity

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The publicly-owned ferry operator confirmed to BBC Scotland News that action was under way to recover some of those repair costs following an investigation into the cause of the hull deformity.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

Blessed in courage, intellect, imagination and style, Cyrano is cursed by a physical deformity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 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

Westley fell like a beaten stone, his last conscious thought being of the Count’s right hand; it was six-fingered, and Westley could never quite remember having encountered that deformity before....

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman