The deficiency can cause still births, premature births, and malformed babies...
More rarely, the tubes have been malformed from birth.
English dictionary. 2008.
malformed — index blemished, faulty, inferior (lower in quality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
malformed — 1801, from MAL (Cf. mal ) + formed, pp. of FORM (Cf. form) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
malformed — [adj] distorted abnormal, contorted, crooked, deformed, grotesque, irregular, misshapen, twisted, warped; concept 486 Ant. perfect, regular, shapely, undistorted … New thesaurus
malformed — mal|formed [ˌmælˈfo:md US ˈfo:rmd] adj technical if a part of someone s body is malformed, it is badly formed = ↑deformed ▪ malformed limbs … Dictionary of contemporary English
malformed — mal·formed ( )mal fȯ(ə)rmd adj characterized by malformation: badly or imperfectly formed <a malformed limb> … Medical dictionary
malformed — adjective a mythical island of malformed creatures Syn: deformed, misshapen, misproportioned, ill proportioned, disfigured, distorted, crooked, contorted, twisted, warped; abnormal, grotesque, dysmorphic, monstrous Ant: perfect, normal … Thesaurus of popular words
malformed — malformation ► NOUN ▪ abnormality of shape or form in a part of the body. DERIVATIVES malformed adjective … English terms dictionary
malformed — adjective so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly (Freq. 1) deformed thalidomide babies his poor distorted limbs an ill shapen vase a limp caused by a malformed foot misshapen old fingers • Syn: ↑deforme … Useful english dictionary
malformed — adjective Date: 1817 characterized by malformation ; badly or imperfectly formed ; misshapen … New Collegiate Dictionary
malformed — /mal fawrmd /, adj. faultily or anomalously formed. [1810 20; MAL + FORMED] Syn. misshapen, deformed, distorted, contorted. * * * … Universalium
