malrotationn.
/ˌmalrəʊˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmælroʊˈteɪʃən/ Medicine.
Abnormal rotation of a part of the body; spec. failure of normal rotation of the intestines or other organs during fetal development; an instance of this. Later also: abnormal rotation of the fetus during delivery.
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eversion1567
exenteration1831
ankyloglossia1848
baker's knee1871
mal-insertion1904
malrotation1932
hole in (the) heart1958
1932 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 106 280 At operation a distended stomach was found... There was no evidence of mal-rotation.
1961 Lancet 9 Sept. 598/1 There was also malrotation and severe mesenteric lymphadenitis.
1977 Gastrointestinal Radiol. 2 41 The great majority of colonic malrotations demonstrate rotational abnormalities involving the proximal intestinal tract.
1983 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 129 575 The main indications for vacuum extraction were fetal distress, followed by a prolonged second stage of labour and malrotation of the occiput.
1987 N. J. Smith & C. L. Stanitski Sports Med. x. 89 Complications include shortening and malrotation of the digit.
1999 Jrnl. Urol. 161 1097 Renal fusion and malrotation anomalies were correctly identified in all 4 patients.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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