The phrase "a deformity of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical or descriptive contexts to refer to an abnormality or irregularity in a physical structure or form.
Example: "The patient was diagnosed with a deformity of the spine that required surgical intervention."
Alternatives: "an abnormality of" or "a malformation of".
The boy suffered a host of grave defects including a deformity of the right arm, kidney abnormalities and heart problems.
Bloomberg's condition is a deformity of the spine called spondylolisthesis, similar to scoliosis.
It can occur when a traumatic force applied to the head is sufficient to cause a deformity of the skull and damage to the underlying middle meningeal artery.
Biologists in the area said the lion, which was shot legally by a hunter on 30 December, is the first they are aware of to have a deformity of this kind.
"The debate within the church is whether to view innate attraction to the same sex as a deformity of human nature or as an alternative form of human sexual nature," said Prof. Lisa Sowle Cahill, a professor of Christian ethics at Boston College.
Malreduction was defined as a deformity of >5° in any plane.
The two rings of the fixator were placed at a predetermined angle so that an accurate deformity of the intermediate disc was achieved.
17 patients complained of a deformity, 13 of pain, 10 of leg-length discrepancy, and 3 of having a limp.
They create a false belief system that everything can stay the same--as Merton described--a special deformity of conscience as a result of (our) identification with (our) group, (our) immersion in their particular society.
He estimated, however, that the level of selenium that Simplot says causes a 20 percent rate of deformity actually causes a deformity rate of a minimum of 70 percent of all fry.
a Axial CT scan shows a severe deformity of the right implant surface representing a collapsed ruptured prosthesis (arrow).
