Cosa (chi) è dysmorphic - definizione
Dysmorphic feature
![Multiple dysmorphic features in a patient with [[Pitt–Rogers–Danks syndrome]]: [[microcephalia]], [[micrognathia]] and protrusion of the eyeballs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pitt-rogers-danks syndrome.jpg?width=200 "Multiple dysmorphic features in a patient with [[Pitt–Rogers–Danks syndrome]]: [[microcephalia]], [[micrognathia]] and protrusion of the eyeballs")
ABNORMAL DIFFERENCE IN BODY STRUCTURE
Dysmorphism; Dysmorphic; Dysmorphy; Facial dysmorphism; Dysmorphic features
A dysmorphic feature is an abnormal difference in body structure. It can be an isolated finding in an otherwise normal individual, or it can be related to a congenital disorder, genetic syndrome or birth defect.
dysmorphia
![One of the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder is [[body checking]], which can involve individuals measuring themselves.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Body dysmorphism tape measuring.jpg?width=200 "One of the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder is [[body checking]], which can involve individuals measuring themselves.")
MENTAL DISORDER
Dysmorphophobia; Body dismorphic disorder; Body dysmorphic syndrome; Dysmorphia; Body Dysmorphic Disorder; Dysmorphobia; Body dysmorphia; Body Dismorphic Diorder; Dysmorphic syndrome; Plastic surgery addiction; Cosmetic surgery addiction; Body defect obsession; Snapchat Dysmorphia; Draft:Snapchat Dysmorphia; Body Dysmorphia
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¦ noun Medicine deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body: muscle dysmorphia.
Derivatives
dysmorphic adjective
Origin
C19: from Gk dusmorphia 'misshapenness, ugliness', from dus- dys- + morphe 'form'.
body dysmorphic disorder
MENTAL DISORDER
Dysmorphophobia; Body dismorphic disorder; Body dysmorphic syndrome; Dysmorphia; Body Dysmorphic Disorder; Dysmorphobia; Body dysmorphia; Body Dismorphic Diorder; Dysmorphic syndrome; Plastic surgery addiction; Cosmetic surgery addiction; Body defect obsession; Snapchat Dysmorphia; Draft:Snapchat Dysmorphia; Body Dysmorphia
¦ noun a psychological disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with imaginary defects in their appearance.
Esempi di pronuncia per dysmorphic
1. as something like gender dysmorphic
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Esempi dal corpus di testo per dysmorphic
1. She also suffers from body dysmorphic disorder, a condition in which the patient becomes preoccupied with a non–existent or minimal cosmetic defect.
2. Laura has been diagnosed as suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, a recently registered condition which is thought to be a form of obsessive–compulsive disorder.
3. The scientists believe that an over– or underactive parietal cortex may be partly responsible for conditions such as anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder.
4. Maybe I‘m body dysmorphic.‘ Miss Knightley, who is believed to have earned more than 10million in the last few years with films including Pride and Prejudice, King Arthur and Pirates of the Caribbean, has become Britain‘s hottest acting property.
5. The parietal cortex generates the body image, and disruption of the region‘s normal functioning could play a role in conditions such as anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder, in which people grossly over– or underestimate their body size, researchers believe.