deformity
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The farm's vet confirmed the foal was stillborn due to a rare deformity but could not confirm which one was the mother of which foal.
From BBC • May 3, 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
Advanced cases of leprosy can cause blindness, nerve paralysis, painful sores, and deformity.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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