malpositionn.
/ˌmalpəˈzɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmælpəˈzɪʃən/ The condition of being wrongly placed or positioned; misplacement; (Medicine) abnormal positioning of a part, organ, etc.; an instance of this.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > placing in wrong position
misplacing1589
misplacement1655
mislocationa1661
malposition1796
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of pregnancy or birth > [noun] > position or presentation
malposition1796
malpresentation1852
1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. iv. 200 The straight heavy-shouldered horse, is evidently, unfit for any purpose, but slow draft; both the weight, simply considered, and its mal-position, impeding progression.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 631/1 The apex of the heart adhered to the palate; but..the malposition appears to have been owing to a morbid adhesion of the umbilical cord to the head.
1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. 145 There are edifices..which cry aloud to the gods by the force of their own ugliness and malposition.
1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xi. 110 These..curiosities were often rendered..useless by malposition.
1881 J. Le Conte Sight 20 Malpositions of the eye, such as squinting.
1903 Dental Ann. 130 The treatment of irregularity, malposition, or malocclusion of the teeth.
1972 Radiology 103 95 (title) Malposition of carpal bones in rheumatoid arthritis.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xiii. 252/2 There is a combination of severe cyanosis and a long loud systolic murmur which favours the diagnosis of transposition or malposition of the great arteries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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