malformations may be caused by genetic factors or environmental insults or a combination of the. two that occur during prenatal development. Most common congenital malformations demonstrate. multifactorial inheritance with a threshold effect and are determined by a combination of genetic and. environmental factors.
Naivete is a lack of knowledge or sophistication. An example of a person's naivete is when she falls for an obvious trick or prank. naivete. The state or quality of being inexperienced or unsophisticated, especially in being artless, credulous, or uncritical. An artless, credulous, or uncritical statement or act.
Definition of ABERRANT. 1. : a group, individual, or structure that is not normal or typical: an aberrant group, individual, or structure. 2. : a person whose behavior departs substantially from the standard. The stones, silvered in the moon's aberrant light, shone like spectral tombs, and the figures, which Dalgliesh knew were Helena, Lettie and the Bostocks, became discarnate shapes disappearing into the darkness.