- [uncountable]
the process or result of changing or damaging the normal shape of something 損形；變形；畸形 the deformation of the human body in much Cubist art 許多立體派藝術中人體的變形
- [countable]
a change in the normal shape of something as a result of injury or illness 破相；變醜；殘廢 a deformation of the spine 脊柱的畸變
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin deformatio(n-), from the verb deformare, from de- (expressing reversal) + forma ‘a shape’.