ANAMORPHOSIS

ANAMORPHOSIS, noun [Gr. formation.]In perspective drawings, a deformed or distorted portrait or figure, which, in one point of view, is confused or unintelligible, and in another, is an exact and regular representation; or confused to the naked eye, but reflected from a plain or curved mirror, appearing regular, and in right proportion.

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An′a‐mor″pho‐sis (�), n. [] 1. 1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
2. 2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2.
3. 3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.