malformation
IPA: mæɫfɔrmˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- An abnormal formation.
- (teratology) An abnormal developmental feature of offspring.
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Examples of "malformation" in Sentences
- The second is a congenital malformation of the stapes.
- Malformation or absence of the middle ear is also possible.
- Schizenzephaly is a rare cortical malformation of the brain.
- Living with a Chiari malformation is painful and exhausting.
- … [T] his rare genetic malformation is called a mirror hand.
- The primary diagnostic factor is a malformation of the skull.
- Absence of the great cerebral vein is a type of malformation.
- The malformation is the most severe presentation of the syndrome.
- The pattern of malformations indicated that the damage was prenatal.
- Lichtenberg became a hunchback owing to a malformation of the spine.
- This syndrome is recognized by as a specific malformation of the brain.
- Longevity depends on the severity of the syndrome and associated malformations.
- He had a congenital arteriovenous malformation, which is a mass of arteries/blood vessels that connect without any capillaries.
- This malformation is characterized by myelomeningocele and posterior fossa abnormalities, which have distinct sonographic appearances (the so-called “lemon” and “banana” signs).
- Identified almost a century ago, the Arnold-Chiari malformation occurs when the bottom of the brain herniates, or protrudes, through the hole in the skull where the spinal cord descends.
- "The diagnosis is what is called a Moyamoya disease or malformation, which is just a vascular malformation of the brain," said Dr. Zulma Tovar Spinoza, director of pediatric neurosurgery at Upstate Medical Center.
- "To my knowledge, it is the only record of a vertebrate fossil showing that kind of malformation," Dr Buffetaut, director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, France told BBC
- January 18th, 2010 at 6: 47 pm pluege says: this statement ought to really raise chavez in the eyes of other vermin scum like limbaugh and beck. the indecency of these cretinous sub-humanoid flotsam of protozoan malformation is startling no matter how common their inhuman malfeasance gets.