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malformation

/mal-fawr-mey-shuhn, -fer-/US // ˌmæl fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən, -fər- //UK // (ˌmælfɔːˈmeɪʃən) //

畸形,畸形现象,畸形情况,畸变

Related Words

mutation变异,突变,变种,变异的abnormality畸形,畸形现象,异常情况,异常现象impairment减损,减值,损伤,损害defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件disfigurement毁容,损毁,破相,毁容的情况monstrosity怪胎,怪兽,鬼怪,怪异injury外伤,伤害,损伤,伤痛misshape错位,错形,错乱的形状,畸形

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundeformity
Synonyms
abnormality畸形,畸形现象,异常情况,异常现象defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件disfigurement毁容,损毁,破相,毁容的情况impairment减损,减值,损伤,损害mutation变异,突变,变种,变异的injury外伤,伤害,损伤,伤痛monstrosity怪胎,怪兽,鬼怪,怪异abberation缩略语,堕落,缩写,缩减malconformation畸形,畸形现象,畸形情况,畸形的misshape错位,错形,错乱的形状,畸形

Examples

  • Get down and inspect the length of it, searching for any dents and other malformations.

  • To decimate the malformation, destroying the offending oil gland once it morphs into something with a head.

  • It is in like manner to an accidental malformation, that the Americans are indebted for their Otter breed of sheep.

  • It may be due to a lasting or a passing malformation of the teeth, palate, or tongue, or it may be simply a bad habit.

  • It can be in the form of a change in slant, a deliberate malformation of the individual letters.

  • The malformation of his foot was, even at this childish age, a subject on which he showed peculiar sensitiveness.

  • The old Duke really had a slight malformation of the ear, which really was more or less hereditary.

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