MALFORMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malformed mean? 

• MALFORMED (adjective)
  The adjective MALFORMED has 1 sense:

1. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

  Familiarity information: MALFORMED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALFORMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

Synonyms:

deformed; distorted; ill-shapen; malformed; misshapen

Context example:

misshapen old fingers

Similar:

unshapely (not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape)

 Context examples 

A rare type of teratoma that arises from the ovary and resembles a malformed fetus.

(Ovarian Fetiform Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical reconstruction or replacement of all or part of a malformed, diseased, degenerated, or otherwise damaged joint.

(Arthroplasty, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed for the purpose of repairing a degenerated, calcified, malformed, dysfunctional, etc. heart valve.

(Heart Valve Repair, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal, tangled collections of dilated blood vessels that result from congenitally malformed vascular structures in which arterial afferents flow directly into venous efferents without the usual resistance of an intervening capillary bed.

(Arteriovenous Malformation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Surgery performed with the purpose of replacing a degenerated, calcified, malformed, dysfunctional, etc. mitral valve with bioprosthetic, homograft or autograft valve.

(Mitral Valve Replacement, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed with the purpose of replacing a degenerated, calcified, malformed, dysfunctional, etc. aortic valve with a bioprosthetic, homograft, or autograft valve.

(Aortic Valve Replacement, NCI Thesaurus)