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malorientation

malorientation noun: bad or wrong orientation.

Noun

malorientation (countable and uncountable, plural malorientations)

  1. Bad or wrong orientation.
    • This program is able to correct the projected acetabular rims and the corresponding radiographic hip parameters caused by pelvic malorientation based on a cone-beam projection model.2015 November 25, “Comparison of 2.5D and 3D Quantification of Femoral Head Coverage in Normal Control Subjects and Patients with Hip Dysplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of malorientation

pluralmalorientations

Origin of malorientation

From mal- + orientation.

Questions about malorientation

What does malorientation mean?
Malorientation means bad or wrong orientation.
What part of speech is malorientation?
Malorientation is a noun.
What is the plural of malorientation?
The plural of malorientation is malorientations.

Words near malorientation in the dictionary

  1. Maloofs
  2. maloperation
  3. maloperations
  4. malorganization
  5. malorganized
  6. malorientation
  7. malorientations
  8. maloriented
  9. malos
  10. malosol
  11. malosses

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