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  • noun Plural form of deformity.

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Examples

  • I wrote to him at different dates; regretted that I could not come to London this spring, but hoped we should meet somewhere in the summer; mentioned the state of my affairs, and suggested hopes of some preferment; informed him, that as The Beauties of Johnson had been published in London, some obscure scribbler had published at Edinburgh what he called The deformities of Johnson.

    Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • The care of children with uneven limb length and limb deformities is complex because achild's growth can dramatically exaggerate limb length differences, as well asangular and rotational deformities.

    Leg-length discrepancies, limb deformities 2010

  • If you haven't ever visited this blog - check it out - she combines her professional sewing (she's a plastic surgeon) with her personal sewing (a quilter, of course!) - everything you ever wanted to know about ear deformities is there this month!

    Sunday winner katelnorth 2007

  • If you haven't ever visited this blog - check it out - she combines her professional sewing (she's a plastic surgeon) with her personal sewing (a quilter, of course!) - everything you ever wanted to know about ear deformities is there this month!

    Archive 2007-09-01 katelnorth 2007

  • The King insists that Aquaman is the rightful heir to the throne, and that as a baby he was spirited away--because of his "deformities"--to protect the monarchy.

    Archive 2009-06-01 rob! 2009

  • The King insists that Aquaman is the rightful heir to the throne, and that as a baby he was spirited away--because of his "deformities"--to protect the monarchy.

    The Legend of Aquaman #1 - 1989 rob! 2009

  • And when the deformities are the contrary, this is to be done on the contrary plan.

    On The Surgery 2007

  • Walter explains to Astrid (and the viewers) that Project Elephant was a military experiment that looked for a way to camoflauge soldiers from the naked eye, but what the scientists didn't account for was that the experiments led to an incurable genetic disorder (aka the deformities).

    From Inside the Box Philiana Ng 2010

  • Not being able to care for Tendral and fearing her deformities were a curse, her family left her in a basket in a woodshed to die, the same building where her brother - born with the same defect - had been left to die.

    HappyNews - Top Stories 2009

  • You can make out her 'deformities' a little better now that she's getting older but you know, she is still STINKIN cute.

    dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008

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