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malpoˈsition
[f. mal- + position.]
Misplacement; the condition of being wrongly placed.
1862Trollope N. Amer. I. 145 There are edifices..which cry aloud to the gods by the force of their own ugliness and malposition. 1868Peard Water-farm. xi. 110 These..curiosities were often rendered..useless by malposition.
b. spec. in Obstetrics. Faulty position of a part or organ, esp. of the fœtus in the uterus.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. 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. 1859Ibid. V. 683/2 An extreme degree of anti-version [of the uterus]... This malposition materially impedes labour. 1881Le Conte Sight 20 Malpositions of the eye, such as squinting. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 735 The length and difficulty of the labour, due to deformity in the mother or to malposition of the child. |