malposition

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos?

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus

Latin maleder.

Old French mal-

English mal-

English position

English malposition

From mal- + position.

Noun

malposition (countable and uncountable, plural malpositions)

1. (medicine) An abnormal position of an organ or other part of the body.

Synonyms

• (medical condition): ectopia, ectopy, heterotopia, dystopia

Translations

abnormal position of an organ

• Finnish: malpositio
• Italian: distopia (it) f

Verb

malposition (third-person singular simple present malpositions, present participle malpositioning, simple past and past participle malpositioned)

1. To position badly or incorrectly.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

malposition f (plural malpositions)

1. malposition

Further reading

• “malposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012