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MISSHAPENNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
Synonyms:
deformity; malformation; misshapenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("misshapenness" is a kind of...):
affliction (a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misshapenness"):
Arnold-Chiari deformity (deformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull)
clawfoot; pes cavus (a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw)
cleft foot (a deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot)
clubfoot; talipes (congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes)
chicken breast; pigeon breast (abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets)
plagiocephaly (congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique)
scaphocephaly (congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation)
valgus (a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body)
varus (a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree)
Derivation:
misshapen (so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly)
