malformation

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According to the NHS, there are four types of chiari malformation, with type 1 the most common.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

Sonny was born with a congenital malformation that impaired his brain development and needs near continuous care simply to breathe and eat.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

The team later determined the chick had a beak malformation that impeded its hatching, Brackett said.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

They found that all five had the same effect, impairing the migration of bone-forming cells which resulted in the onset of facial malformation.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

Instead, I recited, “I have an extremely rare genetic disorder that causes malformation of the limbs.”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling