malformations

plural of malformation

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Noun
  • The disease can also cause foot deformities that worsen over time.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • From a practical standpoint, however, pointy-toed shoes can lead to foot deformities and health problems.
    Michael Watson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Before the stethoscope, physicians often placed their ear directly on a patient’s chest to listen for abnormalities in breathing and heart sounds.
    Joshua Hutcheson, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • According to the zoo, Maka was diagnosed with chromosomal abnormalities at just 5 years old but managed to thrive with the help of wildlife health and care teams.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Today, many women are offered drugs designed to target specific cancer cell mutations, sparing them unnecessary toxicity.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This part of the study provided the first direct functional proof that mutations within the phage genome can permanently silence its ability to reactivate.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the new study, the team hunted for similar potassium anomalies in Earth's oldest and deepest rocks.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These are nature’s real-life mutants, each reminding us that evolution is the most creative engineer of all.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The mutants were identified in the 1940s by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, who were working on the effects of radiation as part of the Manhattan Project.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Malformations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malformations. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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