dysmorphia
noun
dysmorphic
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a word derived from
dysmorphia.
Example Sentences
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We make similar distinctions in conditions like body dysmorphic disorder and hoarding disorder: The meaning of the preoccupation determines how we treat it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
The individuals presented with developmental delay, intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, and other congenital anomalies in multiple systems including heart and gastrointestinal issues.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
Around 5 to 10 million people in the United States have body dysmorphic disorder, which includes the face.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
The fashion doll that ensured generations of girls were stricken with body dysmorphic disorder before the age of 10 comes alive in “Barbie,” a comedy written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
These clumps grew so large, particularly in the absence of oxygen, that they tugged the membrane of the red cell until the normal disk was warped into a crescent-shaped, dysmorphic “sickle cell.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
