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Synonyms for malformation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mal-fawr-mey-shuh n, -fer-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmæl fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən, -fər-


Définition of malformation

Origin :
  • also mal-formation, 1731, from mal- + formation.
  • noun deformity
Example sentences :
  • If this is not duly attended to, the defect or malformation may be aggravated.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
  • He was said to be robust looking, but with a malformation by which one of his legs was longer than the other.
  • Extract from : « Fern Vale (Volume 1) » by Colin Munro
  • It was a long time before he could walk, on account of some malformation of his limbs.
  • Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott
  • Had an impression that the late Lord Byron had some malformation of this kind.
  • Extract from : « The Professor at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
  • Does it depend on a malformation of the cranium, on the size or shape of the head?
  • Extract from : « The Idiot » by Frederick Bateman
  • This malformation was apparent on the same hand of the dead man.
  • Extract from : « The Crime of the Century » by Henry M. Hunt
  • To this malformation he has given the name, scaphoid scapula.
  • Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
  • The hens did not publish a theory as to the malformation of their chicks.
  • Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot
  • One of the natives seen today exhibited a remarkable case of malformation of the teeth.
  • Extract from : « Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist To The Expedition. In Two Volumes. Volume 1. » by John MacGillivray
  • The autopsy proved it was not a malformation, but a displacement.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14) » by Elbert Hubbard

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