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Recent Examples of malformation
This suggests women are delivering more babies with severe congenital malformations who have no hope of survival beyond a few hours, days or, at most, a few weeks.
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Almut Winterstein, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
Endocrine disruptors interfere with the human reproductive system, leading to genital and reproductive malformations as well as female infertility and a decline in sperm count, according to the Endocrine Society.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Richard Lapointe, who died at age 74 in 2020, had Dandy-Walker syndrome, a rare congenital brain malformation that his lawyers say was a factor in his false confession.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
His arteriovenous malformation, that tangle of blood vessels in his brain, had begun to bleed.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Almut Winterstein, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
Endocrine disruptors interfere with the human reproductive system, leading to genital and reproductive malformations as well as female infertility and a decline in sperm count, according to the Endocrine Society.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Richard Lapointe, who died at age 74 in 2020, had Dandy-Walker syndrome, a rare congenital brain malformation that his lawyers say was a factor in his false confession.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
His arteriovenous malformation, that tangle of blood vessels in his brain, had begun to bleed.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malformation
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Deleterious effects include discoloration of the teeth, bony deformities as well as moderate evidence that high levels of fluoride could result in lower IQ for children.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
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Excessive systemic exposure to fluorides can also lead to skeletal fluorosis, which causes pain, stiffness and bone deformities, or dental/enamel fluorosis, which causes tooth discoloration.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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The mutation appears to have arisen through reassortment, a genetic mixing process that occurs when influenza viruses exchange segments.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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His relatives who carry the mutation begin showing Alzheimer’s symptoms between ages 47 and 50.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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Migraine Migraine and sleep abnormalities, such as sleepwalking, teeth-grinding, and nightmares, often go hand in hand.—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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But only one in 10 cases of ALS in which patients have no family history of the disease can be connected to genetic abnormalities.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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An anomaly in the tax code is that QCDs can be made by any traditional IRA owner who is age 70½ or older, but after recent law changes RMDs don’t begin until age 73.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, meanwhile, were more likely historic anomalies than first steps in a broader trend toward greater industrial policy, given the uneasiness among Republican lawmakers over their passage.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Malformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformation. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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