maldevelopment in English

noun
1
faulty or imperfect development.
One popular theory postulates that a clubfoot is a result of intrauterine maldevelopment of the talus that leads to adduction and plantarflexion of the foot.

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1. Amblyopia is maldevelopment of the visual cortex in the brain during infancy or early childhood that leads to decreased central vision in the affected eye

2. Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for us, cancelling the poorest countries’ debts is, indeed, an absolute necessity if we wish seriously to tackle North-South inequalities and maldevelopment as much as underdevelopment.

3. According to the observed negative correlation between incidence at the presumed time of maldevelopment and the serum level of ascorbic acid, it may be assumed that the higher incidence of anencephalic births in winter is due to vitamin deficiencies in spring.