What's the difference between maleformation and malformation?

Maleformation


Definition:

  • (n.) See Malformation.

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Malformation


Definition:

  • (n.) Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is a complicated and little studied congenital cardiac malformation.
  • (2) Cranial MRI revealed delayed myelination in the white matter but no brain malformation.
  • (3) These cases show that an examination of the whole neuraxis is as important in patients with midline posterior fossa cysts as it is in patients with developmental syringomyelia or Chiari I malformation.
  • (4) It was hypothesized that compensatory restraining influences of surrounding soft tissues prevented a more severe facial malformation from occurring.
  • (5) A neonate without external malformation had undergone removal of a nasopharyngeal mass containing anterior and posterior pituitary tissue.
  • (6) A retrospective study examined the reactions to the termination of pregnancy for fetal malformation and the follow up services that were available.
  • (7) We describe 10 patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: two had protein S deficiency, one had protein C deficiency, one was in early pregnancy, and there was a single case of each of the following: dural arteriovenous malformation, intracerebral arteriovenous malformation, bilateral glomus tumours, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener's granulomatosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • (8) It is usually associated with a left superior caval vein draining into the coronary sinus and is frequently part of a complex congenital malformation of the heart.
  • (9) The question addressed by this study is whether patients with other pharyngeal pouch malformations could also have immunologic abnormalities.
  • (10) The data of first 1000 first-born, non-malformed, mature (greater than or equal to 2500 g) offspring of participants in the Hungarian "Optimal" Family Planning Programme were evaluated.
  • (11) Nevertheless, the patterns of chromosomal abnormalities, and consequently that of associated malformations, were related to the different types of renal defects.
  • (12) Thirty-six lesions imaged as vascular malformations with abnormal vessels or diffusely increased activity.
  • (13) They constituted 7.3% of all patients with such malformations diagnosed during that period.
  • (14) Limb abnormalities included lumbar scoliosis, short malformed tibias and fibulas, and polydactyly.
  • (15) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
  • (16) structural malformations, all congenital defects, and all disorders or abnormalities with possible prenatal etiology.
  • (17) The following examinations could be proposed: in high risk cases determined before pregnancy, a chorionic villus sampling should be done between the 9th and 11th weeks of gestation; in low risk cases such as advanced maternal age, a first trimester chorionic villus sampling or a second trimester amniocentesis could be chosen; in the case of Down's syndrome, warning signs, for example ultrasonographic or biological parameters, a second trimester placental biopsy to relieve the parents' anxiety; in high risk cases such as ultrasonographic malformations, late placental biopsy or cordocentesis.
  • (18) Orbital hypertelorism, strictly defined as an increase in bony interorbital distance, is not itself an isolated syndrome, but is instead an anomaly that may occur as either part of a syndrome or malformation sequence.
  • (19) The hand seemed almost normal in 3 cases but these cases seem to represent the variability of the malformation.
  • (20) There was no evidence for ocular trauma, disease, or vascular malformation by slit-lamp examination and gonioscopy.

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