malformation

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After being diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation, a rare life-threatening medical condition, at age six, she has used her platform to raise awareness and inspire others.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 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

The X-rays showed a certain malformation of the uterus, I remember, which meant she could never have had a child, but that was quite apart, it had nothing to do with the disease.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier