malposition
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Gerster reports a rare form of imperforate anus, with malposition of the left ureter, obliteration of the ostia of both ureters, with consequent hydronephrosis of a confluent kidney.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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 Chevalier Jackson
But there are edifices of this description which cry aloud to the gods by the force of their own ugliness and malposition.
From North America — Volume 1 by Anthony Trollope
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 Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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 Charles B. Michener
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