1
as in deformities
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as in abnormalities
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malformations
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These imaging scans help provide a better look at the bones to detect fractures, bone deformities, infections, and abnormalities like tumors.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Bouton, who endured yearslong treatment for spinal deformities that could have caused paralysis eventually, is happy to be playing at all.—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, approximately 30% of patients develop serious cardiac complications such as cardiomyopathy, heart rhythm abnormalities, or heart failure.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Many neuroimaging studies have also shown structural abnormalities in the brains of people with schizophrenia, but nothing consistent enough across patient populations to become signature features of the disorder.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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This evolution is driven by a combination of random mutations and natural selection, where the organisms that are most fit for survival, and most adaptable to the changes that occur in their conditions and environment, are the ones who aren’t selected against, and whose lineages continue.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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Slowing down viral replication decreases the rate at which a virus can acquire new mutations.—
Deborah Fuller,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Other centers are mostly seeing neutral conditions but some cold [sea surface temperature] anomalies are in place in the eastern tropical Pacific.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Rest assured, such anomalies occur from time to time, and all of us - especially the young - should be vigilant to anticipate - and prevent - them.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But those plans were scrapped after the Disney-Fox merger, when Marvel put mutants on hold and turned its attention to expanding its interconnected multiverse of movies and TV shows.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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This is great news, and could mean that fans are mere months from finding out who the mutants in the film might be.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Malformations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformations. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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