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disfigurement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deformity, disfiguration |
| Type of | appearance, visual aspect |
| Derivation | disfigure |
there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back.
disfigurement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | defacement, disfiguration, mutilation |
| Type of | damage, harm, hurt, scathe |
| Derivation | disfigure |
he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape.
Examples of disfigurement
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Symptoms include permanent skin disfigurement and sometimes severe organ damage.
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Mioku's extreme act and the resulting disfigurement made international headlines.
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By that time, surgical therapy that involves disfigurement is often necessary.
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She was suffering from social isolation because of her disfigurement, he said.
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As an emergency room nurse, she dealt with death, disfigurement and tragedy daily.
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He then compared the Toyota to a social meeting with someone with a disfigurement.
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The symptoms range from fevers, skin and throat ulcers to disfigurement and death.
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Her disability and disfigurement was getting progressively worse every year.
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No cure exists, though surgery can be done at the end stage to correct disfigurement.
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- An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"
- Defacement: the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
- (disfigured) having the appearance spoiled; "a disfigured face"; "strip mining left a disfigured landscape"
- Disfigurement is the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed medically, as from a disease, birth defect, or wound.
- Refers to physical changes caused by burns, trauma, disease, or congenital conditions. Do not say burn victim. Say burn survivor, or adult with burns, or child with burns.
- When the injury has left the plaintiff deformed or disfigured, e.g., by horrible scars or other insults on one's personal appearance, the plaintiff may be able to collect damages for his or her mental suffering caused by being conscious of the disfigurement. ...
- Impairment of or injury to the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of a person that renders the person unsightly, misshapen, imperfect, or deformed in some manner or otherwise causes a detrimental change in the external form of the person. Any such injury is required to be reported to OSHA.
- When the victim of an incident suffers superficial alteration. In some cases disfigurement is permanent and in some cases it may be repaired with plastic surgery. Disfigurement is one of the forms of damages that a law firm may seek compensation for on behalf of the plaintiff.
