Definition of maldevelopment in English:
maldevelopment
noun maldɪˈvɛləpm(ə)ntˌmaldiˈveləpmənt
mass nounBiology Medicine Faulty or imperfect development.
Example sentencesExamples
- One popular theory postulates that a clubfoot is a result of intrauterine maldevelopment of the talus that leads to adduction and plantarflexion of the foot.
- If this function is abnormal, infertility, infantile underdevelopment, maldevelopment, weakness of bone development, etc. will manifest.
- Recent decades have witnessed a burgeoning interest in signs of physical trauma and early maldevelopment associated with schizophrenia.
- Two weeks later, Zeng died, ostensibly of ‘congenital maldevelopment of brain function’ and ‘total circulatory failure.’
- Congenital ptosis is the result of maldevelopment of the muscle, which lifts the eyelid (Levator Palpebrae Superioris).
- Such damage might emerge after cerebellar maldevelopment, or an earlier undetected hypoxic or ischemic event.