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as in deformity
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as in mutation
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Recent Examples of malformation
Hospitals were places of high contamination, and the fact that the ailments August and other children suffered from were mostly congenital malformations and noncontagious blood diseases was of no comfort to Manny at the time.
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Camille Bordas, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
As the National Organization for Rare Disorders explains, lissencephaly is a malformation which makes the brain appear unusually smooth.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Severe symptoms and certain types of Chiari malformation can be fatal, the Cleveland Clinic says.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Venous malformations are rare, affecting up to 1 in every 5,000 people, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Camille Bordas, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
As the National Organization for Rare Disorders explains, lissencephaly is a malformation which makes the brain appear unusually smooth.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Severe symptoms and certain types of Chiari malformation can be fatal, the Cleveland Clinic says.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Venous malformations are rare, affecting up to 1 in every 5,000 people, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malformation
Noun
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Even less savory is the dwelling on body horror, with characters sporting sometimes inexplicable skin conditions or other deformities.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2025
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The only thing to be improved about Better Man is the title (not to be confused with A Different Man, the repugnant indie film about deformity).—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2025
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Types 1 through 4 are linked to a mutation in both copies of the SMN1 gene (on chromosome 5), which leads to few or no full-length, functional SMN proteins produced.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
20 Feb. 2025
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About 1% of all children with intellectual disabilities have a mutation of the gene.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
18 Feb. 2025
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While repeating faces could just be poor design, missing fingers, limbs, or other abnormalities are typical hallmarks of Gen-AI models.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2025
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One agency that deserves to feel the horns of the bull-in-the-china-shop-in-chief is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an ugly mess of structural abnormalities and constitutional affronts.—
David B. McGarry,
National Review,
28 Jan. 2025
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January 2025’s safety record isn’t a statistical anomaly, either.—
Harry Enten,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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This feels an anomaly considering the downward patterns since.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Malformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformation. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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