MALFORMATIONS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

malformations

noun

plural of malformation

as in deformities

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as in abnormalities

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Noun

For example, patients with bunion deformities may not be able to tolerate their hallux being forced in a straighter position.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Fetuses of mice suddenly exposed to QACs developed deformities and neural tube defects similar to spina bifida in humans.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of deformities

Noun

West alleges Gilkar and Ahmed asked her to terminate the pregnancy under a provision in their surrogacy agreement covering serious fetal abnormalities.

— Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr , Shannon Bream , Bill Mears, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Although Verticillium wilt symptoms differ among hosts, abnormalities like leaf yellowing (chlorosis) or browning, wilting, and branch dieback raise suspicion of infection across the board.

— Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of abnormalities

Noun

That score folds AlphaGenome’s predictions about the effect of mutations on gene regulation together with predictions from AlphaMissense— an earlier model that DeepMind built that looks specifically at protein-altering mutations.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
To trace these mutations, researchers typically must painstakingly search through billions of data points to search for signals, but AlphaGenome Atlas could offload a lot of that work.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of mutations

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The new meters automatically deliver alerts in the event of outages or other anomalies, meaning customers don’t have to call in.

— Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Sep. 2026
Additionally, magnetic anomalies found in iron-bearing minerals in the south now make more sense.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of anomalies

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The secondary thread tracks an alternate reality where Team X—mutants recruited by the villainous Nathaniel Essex—clash with Trask’s anti-mutant Reavers and Sentinels.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

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