deformity

«deformity» in Mova's school dictionary: a part of the body that has an unusual or twisted shape… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a deformity, deformities)

meaning for a pupil

A deformity is a part of the body that has an unusual or twisted shape, from birth or after illness or injury. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in medicine and history (doctors treat deformities with operations or special shoes and braces). In lessons on kindness and disability, people with a deformity deserve respect; many prefer words like «difference» or «condition». In older stories, deformity is sometimes wrongly used to show a character is evil — a myth.

examples

• The surgeon corrected the deformity in the baby's foot. tree →
• A clubfoot is a deformity that can be treated. tree →
• She was born with a hand deformity but plays the piano brilliantly. tree →
• The illness left him with a deformity of the spine. tree →
• Making fun of someone's deformity is cruel. tree →
• Doctors now treat many deformities in early childhood. tree →
• Setting aside my ugliness and deformity, is there any thing in me which displeases you? tree →

note

Countable: deformities. Myth: in old stories, an unusual body shows a bad person — this is false and unfair. Kind language: «a difference», «a condition».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «deformity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.