"malformation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-malformation.wav Forms: malformations [plural]
Etymology: From mal- + formation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|formation}} mal- + formation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} malformation (countable and uncountable, plural malformations)
  1. An abnormal formation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (abnormal formation): деформация (deformacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malformation [feminine] (French), διαμαρτία (diamartía) [feminine] (Greek), δυσμορφία (dysmorfía) [feminine] (Greek), míchuma [feminine] (Irish), anchuma [feminine] (Irish), éagruth [masculine] (Irish), mídhéanamh [masculine] (Irish), malformazione [feminine] (Italian), misdannelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), malformassion [feminine] (Piedmontese), malformação [feminine] (Portuguese), má-formação [feminine] (Portuguese), malformación [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. (teratology) An abnormal developmental feature of offspring. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations ((teratology) abnormal developmental feature of offspring): уродливост (urodlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malformation [feminine] (French), difformité [feminine] (French), διαμαρτία (diamartía) [feminine] (Greek), malformasi (Indonesian), malaformasi (Indonesian), malformação [feminine] (Portuguese), má-formação [feminine] (Portuguese), malformación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-malformation-en-noun-QBPurH-X Categories (other): Teratology, English terms prefixed with mal- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mal-: 45 55 Topics: medicine, sciences, teratology Disambiguation of '(teratology) abnormal developmental feature of offspring': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arteriovenous malformation, Chiari malformation, Arnold-Chiari malformation Related terms: deformation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "(teratology) abnormal developmental feature of offspring",
      "word": "malaformasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "(teratology) abnormal developmental feature of offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malformação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "(teratology) abnormal developmental feature of offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "má-formação"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "(teratology) abnormal developmental feature of offspring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malformación"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malformation"
}

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