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Malformation

Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

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Affliction 76% connected

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Failure 76% connected

Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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Clubfoot 76% connected

A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

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Monstrosity 76% connected

The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster.

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Plagiocephaly 76% connected

Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

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Scaphocephaly 76% connected

A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

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Talipes 76% connected

The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.

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Deformity 92% connected

The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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