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
“Begone! I do break my promise; never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness.”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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