disfigurement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfigurement
Noun
  • When tested in rats with cranial bone defects, the results were striking.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers concluded that a higher body mass index (BMI) is the main factor linked to these defects in the knees.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But that very week also gives evidence to how fragile the Faroes are; under these extreme weather conditions, scars in nature heal slowly, if ever.
    Mattias Goldmann, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But the scars from that era are still very much present in society, and the son, Im Dong-hwan, represents the youth of today who are trying to come to terms with that generational complexity and its legacy.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Bouton, who endured yearslong treatment for spinal deformities that could have caused paralysis eventually, is happy to be playing at all.
    Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • For spinal deformity patients, many of whom have complex medical comorbidities, the anesthesia team maintains safety throughout the procedure.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Disfigurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfigurement. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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