The phrase "a malformation of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical or biological contexts to describe an abnormal structure or formation in an organism or body part.
Example: "The doctor diagnosed the patient with a malformation of the heart that required immediate attention."
Alternatives: "an abnormality of" or "a deformity of".
One has a malformation of the spine; the others two were born with only one arm.
Dysplasia, malformation of a bodily structure or tissue; the term most commonly denotes a malformation of bone.
Eleven of these survivors had a congenital anomaly such as a malformation of the heart or a facial cleft.
A five-hour surgery showed that he did not have a spinal tumor, as feared, but "a malformation of blood vessels" in his cervical spine that bled, Dr. Wirkowski said in an e-mail message.
We regret that the teratogenic [capable of resulting in a malformation of an embryo] potential of thalidomide could not be detected by the tests that we and others carried out before it was marketed".
Dr. Mitchell said there was some evidence that pseudoephedrine, found in herbal cold preparations, might cause gastroschisis, a rare birth defect that involves a malformation of the gastrointestinal tract.
A cavernous malformation of cavernoma is a cluster of abnormal or dilated blood vessels that affects the central nervous system.
Hypospadias, a congenital malformation of the penis characteristic of an abnormal urethral orifice, affects 1 in every 125 boys, and its incidence is rising.
Polymicrogyria is a rare malformation of the cerebrum characterized by an excessive number of small, histologically anomalous gyri and has been described in Standard Poodles [ 115, 116].
Hip dysplasia, a genetic malformation of the hip joint, may be a concern but because of the breed's compact nature is not often seriously debilitating.
