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Recent Examples of malformation
Dangers of pesticides Pesticides have been linked in studies to premature births, congenital malformations such as neural tube defects, spontaneous abortions and an increase in genetic damage in humans.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
More than 65% of the abortions took place due to a lethal fetal anomaly, such as anencephaly, where a baby's brain and skull were missing or incomplete, or congenital heart malformation.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 15 May 2025
Other effects, such as developmental malformations in a fetus and cancer, have also been linked to this surfactant.1312
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—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2025
After a long, eight-year battle, in which the hospital claimed that Maura had a genetic underlying vascular malformation in the brain, jurors sided with the Gallaghers, concluding that Maura's death was preventable.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
More than 65% of the abortions took place due to a lethal fetal anomaly, such as anencephaly, where a baby's brain and skull were missing or incomplete, or congenital heart malformation.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 15 May 2025
Other effects, such as developmental malformations in a fetus and cancer, have also been linked to this surfactant.1312
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—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2025
After a long, eight-year battle, in which the hospital claimed that Maura had a genetic underlying vascular malformation in the brain, jurors sided with the Gallaghers, concluding that Maura's death was preventable.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malformation
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Scarring or deformity: Scar tissue can form as ear piercings heal, which can cause permanent scarring or changes to the ear’s shape.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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Doing so may also reduce the risk of foot deformities and walking disabilities.11 Meanwhile, having foot problems can significantly affect your quality of life, particularly for women.12 Diseases can also affect shoe size and foot health.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
29 July 2025
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The breakthrough came in 2019, when high-throughput DNA sequencing revealed a rare mutation in a gene called PIGZ.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Aug. 2025
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Gene drives are sequences of DNA that can be inserted into the genome of an individual and cause a specific mutation or gene to be passed on to virtually all offspring, instead of just 50%.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
23 July 2025
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Even in midlife, women remain at risk for developing cervical abnormalities and cervical cancer, which can progress silently over many years, Goldman says.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Flow Space,
4 Aug. 2025
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Michigan's Great Lakes don't produce tsunamis, but weather conditions can cause abnormalities in water levels and movements that can appear similar, and are known as seiches or meteotsunamis.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Analytical signal map of the residual field with the red dots representing the anomalies.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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The other 155 anomalies wound up being natural formations like plant growth or artificial items like fishing gear, as noted in the release.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Malformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformation. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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