malformation
faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
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How to use malformation in a sentence
He has had nine surgeries since birth due to a vascular malformation.
‘This is a big deal for my family’: At-risk kids 5-11 get coronavirus vaccine first | Jenna Portnoy | November 4, 2021 | Washington PostAbnormalities in the other gene’s protein product can cause malformations of the tooth root and tooth loss.
Tuskless elephants became common as an evolutionary response to poachers | Jake Buehler | October 21, 2021 | Science NewsGet down and inspect the length of it, searching for any dents and other malformations.
To decimate the malformation, destroying the offending oil gland once it morphs into something with a head.
It is in like manner to an accidental malformation, that the Americans are indebted for their Otter breed of sheep.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose Blacklock
It may be due to a lasting or a passing malformation of the teeth, palate, or tongue, or it may be simply a bad habit.
The Sounds of Spoken English | Walter RippmannIt can be in the form of a change in slant, a deliberate malformation of the individual letters.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe malformation of his foot was, even at this childish age, a subject on which he showed peculiar sensitiveness.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. I. (of VI.) | Thomas MooreThe old Duke really had a slight malformation of the ear, which really was more or less hereditary.
The Wisdom of Father Brown | G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for malformation
/ (ˌmælfɔːˈmeɪʃən) /
the condition of being faulty or abnormal in form or shape
pathol a deformity in the shape or structure of a part, esp when congenital
Derived forms of malformation
- malformed, adjective
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