congenital malformation
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Certain pregnancies were excluded from both groups, including those that ended before 37 weeks, involved multiple babies, or resulted in a child with a major congenital malformation.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2026
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
It’s the third-leading cause of infant death behind congenital malformation and low birth weight, and the top killer after the first month.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2019
Brazilian Ana Carolina Caceres was born with microcephaly, a congenital malformation by which babies have abnormally small heads and may suffer from delayed brain development.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2016
He found that this anomaly was caused by a congenital malformation and remarkable development of the infraorbital ridge of the maxillary bone.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
