noun
deformed child; child with a congenital anomaly
Medical or formal term for a child born with a physical malformation. Can be considered blunt or insensitive in everyday conversation; in modern contexts, more neutral expressions like 先天性異常児 or descriptive phrases are often preferred.
奇形児の出生率は、環境要因によって変化することがある。
The birth rate of children with congenital anomalies can vary due to environmental factors.
昔の医学書には「畸形児」という表
In old medical books, the spelling 畸形児 is often seen.
A broader, more clinical term for congenital anomalies, not limited to visible deformities and without the potentially insensitive nuance of 奇形児.
Compound of 奇形 (kikei, 'deformity, malformation') and 児 (ji, 'child'). The older spelling 畸形児 uses the character 畸, which also means 'deformed' or 'abnormal' but is now largely replaced by 奇 in modern Japanese.