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disfigurement Definition

dis·fig·ure·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. a disfiguring or being disfigured
  2. anything that disfigures; blemish; defect; deformity

disfigurement Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cause: In young trees, galling caused by wooly aphids can cause serious disfigurement.
  • have: At least 400,000 people in the UK have disfigurements to their face, hands or body.
  • acquire: We also provide personal support for your employees who have or who acquire a disfigurement.
  • face: Sunday 17 October - SI Cardigan Annual Luncheon to support the charity ' Changing Faces ' which enables people to face disfigurement with confidence.
  • include: Loss of faculty can include disfigurement even when this causes no bodily handicap.
  • make: Modern reconstructive surgery and medical treatments can be effective in making some disfigurements much less noticeable but a disfigurement can rarely be removed completely.

Adjective modifier

  • facial: Founded in 1991, Changing Faces main goal is to assist people with facial disfigurement to live fuller lives.
  • permanent: On 27 October 2003 he was found guilty of that charge, under deletion of the words " and permanent disfigurement " .
  • serious: I understand why a person would have cosmetic surgery for some serious disfigurement.
  • visible: Altered Body Image: Auditing the appearance related concerns of people with visible disfigurement.
  • physical: I will not have a physical disfigurement or speech impediment to compensate for my lack of dramatic presence.
  • hideous: He wears a mask to hide hideous disfigurement, and calls himself the Fantom ( " How operatic, " says Quartermain ).
disfigurement Quotes

All other parts remaining as they were, And they, so perfect in their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before And all their friends, and native home forget To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.

—Milton,John

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