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Definition of Malposition
1. Noun. Faulty position.
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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
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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