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.
The birth rate of children with congenital anomalies can vary due to environmental factors.
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.
Standard modern spelling using 奇 (strange/unusual) instead of the older 畸.
Older spelling with 畸; now largely replaced by 奇形児 in contemporary usage.
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.