deformity
Example Sentences
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It can cause ulcers or sores around the animal's mouth and face, difficulties swallowing and breathing, fever and lameness, foetal deformities and stillbirths.
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He explained that his friends used to say "you don't look dyslexic" as if it was a "deformity", but he added "those were the times".
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"It is very similar to people getting vaccinated to fight against various diseases. There is no report that it causes deformities or alters DNA," the academic told the BBC.
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Tests on the body showed Abiyah was suffering from a catalogue of conditions including rickets, anaemia, stunted growth, bone malformation and deformity, bone fractures and severe dental decay.
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The child was found with matted hair, deformities and rashes.
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