Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An abnormal formation.

    something abnormal or anomalous

  2. (countable, uncountable)An abnormal developmental feature of offspring.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He was born with a genetic malformation.

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  2. Chan says a high-level meeting convened by WHO looked at the scientific evidence linking Zika infections with malformation and neurological disorders.

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  3. Causes of GI bleeding include gastric ulcers, artery or vein (arteriovenous) malformations, diverticulosis, cancer or inflammatory bowel disease.

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Translations

4 languages

Forms

plural: malformations
Singularmalformation
Pluralmalformations

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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