DEFORMITY
disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; “there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect’s back”; “suffering from facial disfiguration”
deformity, malformation, misshapenness
(noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deformity (countable and uncountable, plural deformities)
The state of being deformed.
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
Source: Wiktionary
De*form"i*ty, n.; pl. Deformities. Etym: [L. deformitas, fr.
deformis: cf. OF. deformeté, deformité, F. difformité. See Deform, v.
& a., and cf. Disformity.]
1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any
unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or
features; ugliness.
To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock
my body. Shak.
2. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity;
absurdity; gross deviation from other or the established laws of
propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character.
Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul
deformities. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition