1. (Médecine) Altération de la forme de quelque partie du corps.
2. Déformation devenue permanente d'une pièce métallique dont on a dépassé la limite d'élasticité.
3. Déformation professionnelle : ensemble de techniques, de manies acquises au travail et qu'on a tendance ŕ appliquer ailleurs.
ETYM Latin deformatio: cf. French déformation.
Alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it.
ETYM Latin deformitas, from deformis: cf. Old Fren. deformeté, deformité, French difformité. Related to Deform; and cf. Disformity.
An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed; SYN. malformation, misshapenness.
ETYM Latin distortio: cf. French distortion.
1. A change for the worse; SYN. deformation.
2. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean; SYN. overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting.
3. The mistake of misrepresenting the facts.