malformation
malformation noun: an abnormal formation.
Noun
malformation (countable and uncountable, plural malformations)
- An abnormal formation.
- Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; […]1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 25
- An abnormal developmental feature of offspring.
malformation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
malformation in Tamil
- தோற்றக்குறை, பிறப்புக் குறைபாடு, பொருந்தா உருவமைப்பு, இயல்பற்ற வளர்ச்சி, வடிவக்கேடு, உருமாற்ற நோய்
malformation in Urdu
- عیب, بےترتیبی, نقص
malformation in Bengali
- ত্রুটিপূর্ণ গঠন, বিকলাঙ্গতা, ত্রুটিপূর্ণভাবে গঠিত অংশ
malformation in Malayalam
- വൈരൂപ്യം, ദുർഘടന, അംഗവൈകല്യം
More languagesFewer languages
- malformation in Kannada
- ವಿಕಾರ, ವಿಕೃತರೂಪ, ವೈರೂಪ್ಯ, ವಿಕೃತಿ
- malformation in Indonesian
- malformasi, malaformasi
Examples of malformation in a sentence
- None of the lambs had malformation evocative of SBV infection (arthrogryposis-hydranencephaly syndrome, stiff neck, scoliosis, brachygnathism).
- Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of skeletal malformations and progressive extraskeletal ossification.
- Roentgenogram showing malformation in second and third radiants, with brachymesophalangia and brachybasophalangia.
Forms of malformation
| plural | malformations |
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Origin of malformation
From mal- + formation.
Words formed from malformation
Questions about malformation
- What does malformation mean?
- Malformation means an abnormal formation.
- What is malformation in Tamil?
- Malformation in Tamil is தோற்றக்குறை, பிறப்புக் குறைபாடு, பொருந்தா உருவமைப்பு. See Malformation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is malformation?
- Malformation is a noun.
- What is the plural of malformation?
- The plural of malformation is malformations.
Words near malformation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: malformation (page history and authors); malformation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malformation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malformation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malformation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malformation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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