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Talipes

The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.

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Deformity 76% connected

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

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Malformation 76% connected

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

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Clubfoot 92% connected

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

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Blemish verb · 78% connection

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the bod…

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Clubfooted adjective · 78% connection

Having a clubfoot.

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Clubhand noun · 78% connection

A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

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Congenital adjective · 78% connection

Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital de…

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Cretinism noun · 78% connection

A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certai…

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Crookedness noun · 78% connection

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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Defeature noun · 78% connection

Disfigurement; deformity.

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Deformed adjective · 78% connection

Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head.

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Deformities pl. · 78% connection

of Deformity

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Dextrose noun · 78% connection

A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…

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Disfiguration noun · 78% connection

The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement.

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Disfigure noun · 78% connection

Disfigurement; deformity.

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Disfigurement noun · 78% connection

Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.

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Disproportional adjective · 78% connection

Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadeq…

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Distortion noun · 78% connection

An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

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Epispadias noun · 78% connection

A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

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Escutcheon noun · 78% connection

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the…

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Exchange noun · 78% connection

The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by…

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