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Definitions: Malformation |
MalformationNoun1. An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed. 2. Something abnormal or anomalous. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "malformation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1874. (references) |
Note: Malformation \Mal`for*ma"tion\, noun. [Mal- forniation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A morphologic defect resulting from an intrinsically abnormal developmental process. (references) |
Medicine | A defect or vice. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Failure of proper or normal development; more specifically, a primary structural defect that results from a localized error of morphogenesis; may be caused by either parent's exposure to industrial chemicals. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: MalformationSynonyms: deformity (n), miscreation (n), misshapenness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Distortion | Distortion, detortion, contortion; twist, crookedness; (obliquity); grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion, want of symmetry, anamorphosis; ugliness; talipes; teratology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Malformation |
| English words defined with "malformation": Cyanopathy ♦ Maleformation, Misformation ♦ plagiocephaly ♦ rhinopathy ♦ scaphocephaly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "malformation": BULLET-SLUG-CASTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, bullet-swaging-machine operator ♦ Chiari malformation, Chromosome Banding, coilonychia, cow's tongue, Crisscross Heart, Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital ♦ forming-machine operator ♦ Greig hypertelorism ♦ IRON-PLASTIC BULLET MAKER ♦ KICK PRESS SETTER, koilonychia ♦ machine-casting operator and adjuster ♦ naevus ♦ Pierre Robin Syndrome, Proteus Syndrome ♦ renal agenesis, Robin anomalad, Robin's syndrome ♦ SAFETY-PIN-ASSEMBLING-MACHINE OPERATOR, spoon nail, SWAGING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ tool setter, Transposition of Great Vessels. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Malformation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (malformation), French (malformation). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Researchers do not know why this malformation increases the risk for stroke. (references) | |
A vascular malformation is an abnormally formed blood vessel or group of blood vessels. (references) | ||
Children with Chiari malformation may require surgery to repair an existing myelomeningocele. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Malformation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Malformation" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "malformation": Arnold-Chiari Malformation ♦ Chiari malformation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
chiari malformation | 268 |
arnold chiari malformation | 126 |
arteriovenous malformation | 61 |
chiari 1 malformation | 32 |
malformation | 23 |
av malformation | 23 |
vascular malformation | 16 |
chiari i malformation | 13 |
cavernous malformation | 12 |
venous malformation | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "malformation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | keqformim (abnormality), cen (blemish, blot, defect, deficit, demerit, disablement, disfigurement, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming, vice). (various references) | |
Arabic | تشويه (defacement, deformation, deformity, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, falsification, misrepresentation, perversion, torture, warp), تشوه (castrate, castration, deform, disfiguration, distortion). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уродливост (deformity, monstrosity), деформация (deformation, distortion, strain). (various references) | |
Chinese | 畸形 (malformed). (various references) | |
Czech | malformace (physical defect), znetvoření (deformation, deformity, disfiguration, disfigurement). (various references) | |
Danish | malformation (abnormality, deformity, dysmorphosis). (various references) | |
Dutch | misvorming (abnormality, abnormity, anamorphosis, deformation, deformity, dysgenesis, dysmorphosis), malformatie, pseudometaplasie (deformity, dysmorphosis), dysmorphia (deformity, dysmorphosis), dysmorfie (deformity, dysmorphosis), deformatie (bulging, deformation, distortion, strain, warpage, warping), defect (abnormality, breakdown, broken, broken down, crystal defect, damage, damaged, defect, deficiency, deformity, failure, fault, impairment, out of order). (various references) | |
Farsi | نقص خلقتی , ناهنجاری (Crudity, Inelegance), بدریختی , بدشکلی (Deformity). (various references) | |
Finnish | epämuodostuma (deformity). (various references) | |
French | malformation. (various references) | |
German | missbildung (deformity, freak). (various references) | |
Greek | δυσμορφία (abnormality, deform, deformation, deformity, dysmorphosis). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עוות "צור" (deformation, deformity, distortion), וול (deformity, disgrace, ugliness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | idomtalanság (deformity, shapelessness), deformáltság. (various references) | |
Indonesian | cacat (defect, deficiency, disability, flawed, impair, physical defect). (various references) | |
Italian | malformazione (deformity, dysmorphosis). (various references) | |
Korean | 기형 (Deformities, Deformity, malformed). (various references) | |
Manx | mee-chummey (asymmetry, blur, deform, deformation, deformity, malform, misshape). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alformationmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | malformação (deformity, dysmorphosis), malformação, malfeitor (desperado, evil-minded, malefic, mobster, ruffian, wrongdoer), mal formação, dismorfose (deformity, dysmorphosis), dismorfia (deformity, dysmorphosis), deformidade (abnormity, blemish, deformity, dysmorphosis, monstrosity), deficiência (badness, brack, defect, deficiency, deficit, degrade, disability, disturbance, failing, fault, flaw, handicap, impairment, liable, perturbation, shortcoming, vice, want), conformação defeituosa. (various references) | |
Romanian | malformaţie, diformitate (crookedness, defect, deformity, disfigurement), anormalitate. (various references) | |
Russian | уродство (deformation, deformity, disfigurement, eyesore, hideousness, monstrosity, ugliness), неправильное образование, мальформация, порок развития. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | malformacija, nakaznost (disfiguration). (various references) | |
Spanish | malformación (abnormality, deformity). (various references) | |
Swedish | missbildning (deformation, deformity). (various references) | |
Turkish | sakatlık (defect, deformation, deformity, disability, disablement, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, lameness, shakiness), kusurluluk (defectiveness, faultiness, imperfection). (various references) | |
Ukranian | неправильна будова, порок розвитку, потворність (abnormality, deformation, deformity, disfiguration, disfigurement, eyesore, monstrosity, ugliness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tật (blemish, vice). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "malformation": malformations. (additional references) | |
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"Malformation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: malfomation, malversation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "malformation" (pronounced ma'lfôrmā"shun) |
| 8 | -f ô r m ā" sh u n | deformation, formation. |
| 5 | -m ā" sh u n | acclimation, affirmation, amalgamation, animation, approximation, automation, confirmation, consummation, cremation, dalmatian, defamation, disinformation, estimation, exclamation, exhumation, inflammation, information, intimation, misinformation, proclamation, reaffirmation, reclamation, reconfirmation, reformation, summation, transformation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deflation, deforestation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflation, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-l-m-m-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: foraminal, formation, immolator, laminator. | |
-4 letters: animator, antifoam, flatiron, foramina, formalin, immortal, inflator, informal, manorial, matronal, monomial, monorail, morainal, mortmain, motional, motorman, notarial, omniform, rational. | |
-5 letters: alation, aliform, ammonal, ammonia, amorino, amotion, animato, fantail, footman, formant, frontal, immoral, laminar, liftman, mailman, marital, martial, martian, matinal, monitor, monofil, moonlit, oration, ortolan, tailfan, tamarin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-i-l-m-m-n-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: malformations. | |
+3 letters: noninflammatory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. ..-. --- .-. -- .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l f o r m a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0066 006F 0072 006D 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476778728184796786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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