The word "malformation" is correct and usable in written English
It is used to refer to a structure or organ that has not developed properly, usually due to a genetic or environmental issue. For example, "The child was born with several malformations due to his mother's exposure to toxic chemicals during her pregnancy."
This includes cases of rape, foetal malformation, therapeutic abortion, when a pregnancy puts the woman's life at risk, and even ectopic pregnancy.
Most countries in the region allow abortion only in exceptional cases, such as foetal malformation, rape or danger to the mother's life.
This week, for example, saw the publication in Biochemistry of a proteomic study that goes a long way towards establishing a common underlying cause for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.It has been known for some time that these conditions involve the accumulation of damaged and misfolded proteins, but what causes that malformation is the subject of debate.
It is allowed in cases of rape, fetal malformation or threat to life in Colombia, in cases of rape in Argentina and in cases of rape and incest in Bolivia.But not in Paraguay.
Eleven of these survivors had a congenital anomaly such as a malformation of the heart or a facial cleft.
Meckel diverticulum is a common congenital malformation that occurs when the duct leading from the navel to the small intestine in the fetus fails to atrophy and close.
Examples include inflammation of the fallopian tube, developmental malformation of the sacs within its canal, or kinking of the tube.
The tissue selectivity and the timing of drug administration were suspected of being the underlying factors driving the variability and extent of malformation observed in humans born with thalidomide-related limb defects in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Anal atresia (imperforate anus) is a malformation of the intestinal tract (about one out of every 6,000 births in the United States) with varying degrees of congenital absence of the anus and lower end of the bowel.
Because certain vitamins are necessary in certain important metabolic reactions, vitamin deficiency during growth may have a variety of effects—stunting, malformation, disease, or death.
5. Epispadias, an uncommon malformation of the male genital system in which the urethra opens on the upper surface of the penis.
