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malapposed

malapposed adjective: badly apposed.

Adjective

malapposed (comparative more malapposed, superlative most malapposed)

  1. Badly apposed
    • In a porcine coronary model of malapposed stent deployment, we demonstrate enhanced rendering of complex implant geometries relative to standard interpolation.2016 February 24, “Constraining OCT with Knowledge of Device Design Enables High Accuracy Hemodynamic Assessment of Endovascular Implants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of malapposed

comparativemore malapposed
superlativemost malapposed

Origin of malapposed

From mal- + apposed.

Questions about malapposed

What does malapposed mean?
Malapposed means badly apposed.
What part of speech is malapposed?
Malapposed is an adjective.

Words near malapposed in the dictionary

  1. malapplied
  2. malappointment
  3. malapportioned
  4. malapportionment
  5. malapportionments
  6. malapposed
  7. malapposition
  8. malappositions
  9. malappropriate
  10. malappropriated
  11. malappropriates

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