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malforˈmation
[f. mal- + formation.]
Faulty or anomalous formation or structure of parts, esp. of a living body.
1800Med. Jrnl. III. 397 Case of extraordinary Malformation in a Foetus..by T. Pole. 1844Dufton Deafness 116 Where the auditory nerve is perfect, and there is no congenital malformation. 1872T. Bryant Pract. Surg. 126 A malformation of the septum nasi.
fig.1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 377 It [the army] ceased to exist,..not in consequence of any great blow from without, but by a natural dissolution, the effect of internal malformation. |