malposition
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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.
The causes of difficult labor, according to Gilbert, are malposition, dropsy, immoderate size and death of the fetus, debility of the uterus and obstruction of the maternal passages.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
The pathology of this deformity is obscure, but there might have been malposition in utero.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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
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