malposition

American  

[mal-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌmæl pəˈzɪʃ ən /

noun

Pathology.

1. faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.

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malposition British  

/ ˌmælpəˈzɪʃən, mælˈpəʊzd /

noun

1. abnormal position of a bodily part

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Other Word Forms

• malposed adjective

Etymology

Origin of malposition

First recorded in 1830–40; mal- + position

Example Sentences

The deviations from the ordinary direction of organs partake for the most part more of the nature of variations than of absolute malposition or displacement.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

If the respiratory rate increase it is much more likely to be due to obstruction in, malposition of, or shortness of the cannula than to lung complications.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Perhaps, in four cases out of five, this breaking down is one of the symptoms of a displacement of the internal organs,—a malposition, in other words, of the uterus.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)

Gerster reports a rare form of imperforate anus, with malposition of the left ureter, obliteration of the ostia of both ureters, with consequent hydronephrosis of a confluent kidney.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

In such case that is sufficient to overcome the muscular contraction and correct the overlapping or other malposition of the bones.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.