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malformation(dictionary)
Malformation(health)
malformation(dictionary)
Malformation(medicine)
Arteriovenous malformation(health)
congenital malformation(medicine)
urogenital malformation(encyclopedia)
AVM (arteriovenous malformation)(health)
Congenital malformation(health)

subtractive (iou) and malformation (iou)


subtractive (iou)



subtractive adjective & noun. LME.
[from SUBTRACT + -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or involving removal, subtraction, deduction, or decrease; (of a mathematical quantity) that is to be subtracted; negative, having a minus sign. LME.
spec. Of or pertaining to the reproduction of colours by filtering out different parts of the spectrum. E20.
b. noun. A thing that is subtracted or deducted from another; spec. (Linguistics) a subtractive morph or morpheme. M20.

malformation (iou)



malformation noun. E19.
[from MAL- + FORMATION.]
Faulty or anomalous formation or structure of parts; esp. congenital abnormality of a part of the body; an instance of this.