A medical condition characterized by abnormal or deformed body structure or appearance.
From Greek 'kakos' (bad) + 'morphe' (form, shape), literally meaning 'bad form'; used in medical terminology since the 1800s to describe congenital or acquired structural abnormalities.
This medical term belongs to a whole family of 'caco-' words describing bodily 'badness'—doctors created dozens of these during the 19th century when Greek and Latin were the languages of science, and many are now rarely used.
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