Definition of Malposition

1. Noun. Faulty position.

Exact synonyms: Misplacement
Generic synonyms: Position, Spatial Relation
Derivative terms: Misplace

Definition of Malposition

1. n. A wrong position.

Definition of Malposition

1. Noun. (medicine) An abnormal position of an organ or other part of the body ¹

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Definition of Malposition

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Malposition

1. Faulty or abnormal position of a part or organ. Synonym: allotopia, malposition. Origin: dys-+ G. Topos, place (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malposition

malpighian glomerulus
malpighian layer
malpighian nodules
malpighian pyramid
malpighian rete
malpighian stigmas
malpighian stratum
malpighian tubule
malpighian tubules
malpighian tuft
malpighian vesicles
malpighias
malpitte
malposed
malposed tooth
malposition (current term)
malpositions
malpractice
malpractice insurance
malpractices
malpractitioner
malpresentation
malrotated ear
malrotation
malrotation / midgut volvulus
malrotation of the intestine
mals
malshapen
malstick
malsticks

Literary usage of Malposition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck (1884)
"malposition OP THE TESTIS. THE testes are, in the foetus, lumbar organs lying below the kidneys, and the normal condition descend into the scrotum a short ..."

2. A System of midwifery by Edward Rigby (1851)
"malposition COMPLICATED WITH DEFORMED PELVIS OR SPASMODICALLY CONTRACTED UTERUS. ... Although malposition of the child, strictly speaking, refers to one ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"Unilateral defective development of kidney, with malposition.* had been met with only three times in 2,r>94 necropsies. Henry Morris (Brit. Med. ..."

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