'Malformation' definitions:
Definition of 'malformation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed [syn: deformity, malformation, misshapenness]
noun
Something abnormal or anomalous [syn: malformation, miscreation]
Definition of 'Malformation'
From: GCIDE
- Malformation \Mal`for*ma"tion\, n. [Mal- + formation.] Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure; -- often used of body parts such as limbs which do not develop properly during fetal maturation. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'malformation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- anticness,
- bizarreness,
- bizarrerie,
- bowlegs,
- camelback,
- cleft palate,
- clubfoot,
- crookback,
- curiousness,
- defacement,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- disfigurement,
- distortion,
- fantasticality,
- flatfoot,
- freakishness,
- grotesqueness,
- grotesquerie,
- harelip,
- humpback,
- hunchback,
- knock-knee,
- kyphosis,
- lordosis,
- malconformation,
- misproportion,
- misshape,
- monstrosity,
- monstrousness,
- mutilation,
- oddity,
- outlandishness,
- peculiarity,
- quaintness,
- queerness,
- singularity,
- splayfoot,
- strangeness,
- swayback,
- talipes,
- teratism,
- teratology,
- torticollis,
- truncation,
- valgus,
- weirdness,
- wryneck