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adjective
- 1. (of a person or part of the body) abnormally formed; misshapen: "her ribs are malformed"
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The meaning of MALFORMED is characterized by malformation : badly or imperfectly formed : misshapen. How to use malformed in a sentence.
(used especially of part of the body) wrongly formed: There are genetic defects which can cause malformed teeth. The shells of the snails appeared to be malformed. See. malformation. Fewer examples. The brain imaging showed malformed blood vessels.
Malformed definition: faultily or anomalously formed.. See examples of MALFORMED used in a sentence.
Something malformed has a shape that's twisted or warped, or otherwise distorted. Your first try at making pottery might result in a couple of malformed bowls. If you leave a doll in the hot sunlight for hours, she may melt and become malformed.
adjective. If people or parts of their body are malformed, they do not have the shape or form that they are supposed to, especially when they have been like this since birth. [formal] ...malformed babies. More rarely, the tubes have been malformed from birth. Synonyms: misshapen, twisted, crooked, distorted More Synonyms of malformed.
Definition of malformed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of MALFORM is to cause to be badly or imperfectly formed : cause to be formed in such a way as to deviate from the normal or usual : give an abnormal, anomalous, or otherwise irregular and defective formation or structure to. How to use malform in a sentence.
Define malformed. malformed synonyms, malformed pronunciation, malformed translation, English dictionary definition of malformed. adj. Abnormally or faultily formed. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
the condition of being wrongly formed, or a part of something, such as part of the body, that is wrongly formed: Exposure to radiation can lead to malformation of the embryo. She was born critically ill with a severe malformation of the heart.
adjective. If people or parts of their body are malformed, they do not have the shape or form that they are supposed to, especially when they have been like this since birth. [formal] ...malformed babies. More rarely, the tubes have been malformed from birth. Synonyms: misshapen, twisted, crooked, distorted More Synonyms of malformed.
