malformation

1. 1.

   an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

   Synonymsdeformitymisshapenness

   Broaderaffliction

   NarrowerArnold-Chiari deformityclawfootcleft footclubfootpigeon breastplagiocephalyscaphocephalyvalgusvarus
2. 2.

   something abnormal or anomalous

   Synonymsmiscreation

   Broaderfailure

   Narrowermonstrosity

Other forms of malformation

plural

malformations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about malformation

What does malformation mean?

malformation means "an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in malformation?

malformation has 4 syllables: mal-for-ma-tion. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˌmælfɔɹˈmeɪʃən/.

What is another word for malformation?

Close synonyms include deformity, misshapenness, miscreation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is malformation a common word?

malformation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with malformation?

29 words rhyme with malformation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.