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

Surgery is often required to prevent heel deformity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Leprosy primarily affects the skin and peripheral nervous system, causing physical deformity and desensitizing one’s ability to feel pain on affected skin.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 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

There was no deformity or anything terrible about her death.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende