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dysmorphia, n. Med.
Brit. |dɪsˈmɔːfɪə|, U.S. |ˌdɪsˈmɔrfiə|
[‹ ancient Greek δυσµορϕία misshapenness, ugliness > prefix + µορϕία -morphy comb. form.]
1. = dysmorphism n.
1848R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 291/1 Dysmorphia, deformation. 1906Green's Encycl. & Dict. Med. & Surg. II. 451/1 Dysmorphia, deformity, malformation. 1962Index Medicus a-124/3 Current orientation of chromosomal explorations in congenital encephalopathies with complex dysmorphia. 1971Birth Defects Orig. Article Ser. 7 125 Holoprosencephaly with severe facial dysmorphia..is thought to arise from faulty embryonic interaction between the cephalic tip of the notochordal plate, the neuroectoderm of the brain plate and the oral plate. 1988Alcohol 5 121 Prenatal exposure to ethanol has been associated with birth defects ranging in severity from physical dysmorphias and profound mental retardation to more subtle compromises of cognitive and behavioral function. 2000Clin. Genetics 57 401 Many features, including microcephaly, facial dysmorphia, developmental and growth delay and dental and digital anomalies are frequently associated with monosomy for 12p.
2. Psychiatry. More fully body dysmorphia. = body dysmorphic disorder n. at body n. Additions
muscle dysmorphia: see muscle n. Compounds 2.
1994J. R. Marshall Social Phobia vii. 129 People with body dysmorphia do not consider their anxiety and concern to be inappropriate, and they do not experience the relief that is characteristic for socially phobic people when they are finally alone. 1998Guardian 10 Feb. ii. 4/1 Although still relatively uncommon, dysmorphia holds up a mirror for us to understand something about almost every woman's (and, increasingly, every man's) experience. 2000Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 1571291 Muscle dysmorphia is a form of body dysmorphic disorder in which individuals develop a pathological preoccupation with their muscularity. 2001Addiction 96 1663 Two of the men had body dysmorphia, which may have contributed to symptoms. |