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Definitions: Deformity |
DeformityNoun1. An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed. 2. An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deformity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: DeformitySynonyms: disfiguration (n), disfigurement (n), malformation (n), misshapenness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amorphism | Amorphism, informity; unlicked cub; rudis indigestaque moles; disorder; deformity. |
Blemish | Noun: blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; flaw, defect; (imperfection) ; injury; (deterioration); spots on the sun; eyesore. |
Distortion | Distortion, detortion, contortion; twist, crookedness; (obliquity); grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion, want of symmetry, anamorphosis; ugliness; talipes; teratology. |
Ugliness | Noun: ugliness; Adjective: deformity, inelegance; acomia; disfigurement; (blemish); want of symmetry, inconcinnity; distortion; squalor; (uncleanness). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Deformity |
| English words defined with "deformity": acromyotonia, Arnold-Chiari deformity ♦ chicken-breasted, clawfoot, cleft foot, clubfoot, Clubhand ♦ Defeature, Deformities ♦ Flat foot ♦ gnarl ♦ osteoclasis ♦ pes cavus, pigeon-breasted, Plagiocephalic ♦ Stigmatically ♦ talipes, talipes valgus ♦ Uglily ♦ valgus, varus ♦ Wrynecked. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "deformity": ANTIRHEUMATIC, Aortic Coarctation ♦ cobblers'chest, cyphosis ♦ Equinus Deformity ♦ Hallux Valgus ♦ Joint Deformities, Acquired ♦ Lucifer match makers'disease ♦ Mandibular Prosthesis, Maxillofacial Prosthesis ♦ orthopedic eyeglasses, orthopedic spectacles, ORTHOPEDIC-BOOT-AND-SHOE DESIGNER AND MAKER ♦ Paget's disease of bone, Penile Induration, phocomely, phosphorus necrosis, phossy, phossy jaw ♦ shoemaker's chest, Sprengel deformity. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "deformity": Disformity. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Surgery - Plastic] : [Relief plaque to record original deformity in jaw wound.].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The deformity of triumph spread over his narrow forehead. |
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Health | Surgical procedures to correct fracture and deformity include grafting, pinning, and casting. (references) | |
A condition in which muscles become fixed in a rigid, abnormal position causing distortion or deformity. (references) | ||
A serious deformity can not only be disfiguring but can also prevent the heart and lungs from functioning properly. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Deformity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deformity" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deformity": Equinus Deformity ♦ Sprengel deformity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
deformity | 83 |
deformity haglunds | 44 |
deformity human | 41 |
breast deformity | 18 |
facial deformity | 18 |
penis deformity | 17 |
deformity picture | 15 |
foot deformity | 15 |
deformity toe | 13 |
boutonniere deformity | 12 |
hand deformity | 10 |
birth deformity | 10 |
deformity physical | 9 |
spinal deformity | 9 |
ear deformity | 8 |
penile deformity | 8 |
deformity human picture | 8 |
deformity haglund | 7 |
deformity valgus | 7 |
deformity neck swan | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "deformity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shformim (contortion, deformation), shëmtim (deformation, disfiguration, disfigurement, hideousness, Mar), gjymtim (disablement, dismemberment, maim, maiming, Mar, mutilation), gjë e shëmtuar (monstrosity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تشويه (defacement, deformation, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, falsification, malformation, misrepresentation, perversion, torture, warp), عيب (blemish, blot, blotch, demerit, disgrace, failing, fault, flaw, imperfection, infirmity, shortcoming, stain, vice, want), عاهه جسدية, إنحراف (aberration, cant, declination, deflection, deflexion, departure, depravity, deviation, deviousness, divergence, diversion, drift, excursion, immorality, inclination, list, obliqueness, obliquity, perversion, perversity, sheer, sidetrack, swerve, tangency, twist), شخص تافه (bauble, black sheep, bugger, crumb, dog, insect, morsel, myrmidon, nitwit, peanut, pipsqueak, rag, sprat, swab, toad, trash), بشاعة (hideousness, monstrosity, ugliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уродливост (malformation, monstrosity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 残疾 (Deformities, Disabled), 殘廢 (handicapped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | deformita (abnormality), znetvoření (deformation, disfiguration, disfigurement, malformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | difformitet, deformitet (abnormality, dysmorphosis, malformation), deformering (deformation), vanskabthed (dysmorphosis, malformation), misdannelse (abnormality, dysmorphosis, malformation, vitium), malformation (abnormality, dysmorphosis, malformation), forvanskning (deformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dysmorphia (dysmorphosis, malformation), dysmorfie (dysmorphosis, malformation), difformiteit, deformiteit (deformation), deformitas (deformation), defect (abnormality, breakdown, broken, broken down, crystal defect, damage, damaged, defect, deficiency, failure, fault, impairment, malformation, out of order), vervorming (deformation, dent, distortion, metamorphosis, recreation, refashioning, regeneration, strain, transformation, working), pseudometaplasie (dysmorphosis, malformation), misvorming (abnormality, abnormity, anamorphosis, deformation, dysgenesis, dysmorphosis, malformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نقص خلقت , دشدیسگی , بدشکلی (Malformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viallisuus (abnormality, defectiveness, faultiness, imperfect condition, imperfection), ruumiinvika (physical defect), epämuodostuma (malformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | déformation (deformation, dent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | missbildung (freak, malformation), deformation (deformation, disfigurement, distortion, distortion(of a rolled or fabricated section)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραμόρφωση (bias, bulging, cobbling, defacement, deform, deformation, dent, disfigurement, distortion, distortion(of a rolled or fabricated section), dysmorphosis, malformation, movement, non-sampling error, shear strain, strain, systematic error, warpage, warping), δυσμορφία (abnormality, deform, deformation, dysmorphosis, malformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מום (blemish, defect, disability, fault, impediment, maim, mutilation), משחת (disfigurement), עוות "צור" (deformation, distortion, malformation), וול (disgrace, malformation, ugliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | formátlanság (malformation, shapelessness), rútság (ugliness), idomtalanság (malformation, shapelessness), csúnyaság (ugliness), alaktalanság (formlessness, shapelessness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | malformazione (dysmorphosis, malformation), deformit (dysmorphosis, malformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 片輪 (disfigurement), 畸形 (abnormality), 変形 (deformation, metamorphosis, modification, monster, transformation, variation, variety), 不具 (cripple, disability, distortion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きけい (abnormality, clever scheme, freak, original, tricks, wiles, witty, you), ふぐ (blow fish, cripple, disability, distortion, emergency, fugu, globefish, puffer fish, swellfish), かたわ (cripple, crippled, deformed, disability, disfigurement, distortion), へ"けい (deformation, metamorphosis, modification, monster, transformation, variation, variety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기형 (Deformities, malformation, malformed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mee-chummey (asymmetry, blur, deform, deformation, malform, malformation, misshape), lheamys (blemish, default, defect, different, fault, flaw, imperfection), croobid (lameness, limp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | misdannelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eformityday deformidade (abnormity, blemish, dysmorphosis, malformation, monstrosity), deformação (buckle, buckling, cobbling, cold flow, creep, crippling, defacement, deflexion, deformation, disfigure, displacement, distortion, distortionist, set, strain, straining, warpage, warping). (various references) diformitate (crookedness, defect, disfigurement, malformation), deformare (deformation, disfigurement, distortion, mutilation). (various references) уродство (deformation, disfigurement, eyesore, hideousness, malformation, monstrosity, ugliness). (various references) deformacija (deformation). (various references) deformidad (aberrant, abnormality, dysmorphosis, error, falsity, malformation, mistake). (various references) deformitet (displasia, dysplasia), vanskaplighet, missbildning (deformation, malformation), lyte (absence, defect, deficiency, disability, lack, shortage, shortcoming), abnormitet (aberration, abnormality, abnormity, anomaly, freak). (various references) sakatlık (defect, deformation, disability, disablement, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, lameness, malformation, shakiness), moral bozukluğu (despond, despondancy, dispiritedness, enervation, low ego), bozukluk (being broken down, chicken feed, coin, decomposition, defect, distortion, disturbance, failure, faultiness, foulness, hilliness, irregularity, putrescence, rupture, small chance, taint, unsoundness, upset), biçimsizlik (formlessness), şekil bozukluğu. (various references) юumroяluk (ugliness). (various references) виродок (bantling, bastard, degenerate, golliwog, monster, yellow dog), виродливість (deformation), потворність (abnormality, deformation, disfiguration, disfigurement, eyesore, malformation, monstrosity, ugliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pravitas, turpitudinem, turpitudo. (various references) |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deformity" (pronounced dufô"rmutē) |
| 8 | -u f ô" r m u t ē | uniformity. |
| 7 | -f ô" r m u t ē | conformity, Nonconformity. |
| 6 | -ô" r m u t ē | enormity. |
| 4 | -m u t ē | amity, anonymity, calamity, enmity, equanimity, extremity, infirmity, proximity, unanimity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, analyticity, animosity, annuity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, entity, equality, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-m-o-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: remodify. | |
-2 letters: deiform, metrify, mortify. | |
-3 letters: deform, dormie, dotier, drifty, editor, ferity, firmed, foetid, fomite, formed, mitred, modify, moiety, rifted, rioted, triode. | |
-4 letters: deify, deity, demit, dimer, dirty, dormy, dorty, doter, drift, droit, edify, fermi, fetid, fetor, fiery, fiord, fired, forme, forte, forty, foyer, fremd, fried, merit, metro, mired, miter, mitre, moire, motey, motif, myoid, ofter, refit, reify, remit, rimed, timed, timer, tired, toyed, toyer, tried, trode, tyred. | |
-5 letters: defi, deft, defy, demo, demy, derm, diet, dime, dire, dirt, dite, doer, doit, dome, dore, dorm, dory, dote, doty, dyer, edit, emir, emit, emyd, feod, fido, fire, firm, ford, fore, form, fort, fret, frit, froe, from, idem, ired, item, mire, miry, mite, mity, mode, modi, more, mort, mote, omer, omit, oyer, redo, reft, reif, ride, rife, rift, rime, rimy, riot, rite, rode, rote, roti, ryot, term, tide, tidy, tied, tier, time, tire, tiro, tody, toed, tome, tore, tori, tory, tref, trey, trim, trio, trod, troy, tyer, tyre, tyro, yeti, yird, yore. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-m-o-r-t-y" | |
+5 letters: diffractometry. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 66 6F 72 6D 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ..-. --- .-. -- .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e f o r m i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0066 006F 0072 006D 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387172818479758691 |
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