Noun deformity has 2 senses
  1. deformity, malformation, misshapenness - an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
    --1 is a kind of affliction
    --1 has particulars:
     Arnold-Chiari deformity; clawfoot, pes cavus; cleft foot; clubfoot, talipes; pigeon breast, chicken breast; plagiocephaly; scaphocephaly
  2. disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity - an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"
    --2 is a kind of appearance, visual aspect
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