1. A change for the worse
   - distortion 
2. Alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it 
3. The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
   - contortion

Derived forms: deformations

See also: deform, deformational

Type of: alteration, change, change of shape, damage, harm, impairment, modification

Encyclopedia: Deformation

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• hypercarbia
• hypercatalectic
• hypercellularity
• hypercholesteremia
• hypercholesterolemia
• hyperchromic anaemia
• hyperchromic anemia
• hypercoaster
• hypercritical
• hypercritically
• hypercriticism
• hyperdactyly
• hyperemesis
• hyperemesis gravidarum
• hyperemia
• hyperemic
• hyperesthesia
• hyperextend
• hyperextension
• hyperfine
• hyperfocal distance
• hyperglycaemia
• hyperglycemia
• Hyperglyphe perciformis