misheal

Verb

misheal (third-person singular simple present misheals, present participle mishealing, simple past and past participle mishealed)

1. (intransitive) To heal improperly.
   • Such decision of the court entitled the plaintiff to temporary total disability benefits, because of the deformity, residual edema (accumulation of fluid), hip pain, swelling in the lower leg, phlebitis (inflammation of a vein), and knock-knees, all resulting from the mishealing of the plaintiff's...1949, Roscoe Nelson Gray, Louise J. Gordy, Attorneys' Textbook of Medicine - Volume 1, page 8-166
   • It's a loss that occurred when his wife's injuries from the accident healed or mishealed in such а manner as to now cause her to be unable to have sex without pain.1987, California. Court of Appeal (4th Appellate District)., page 6
2. (rare) To provide the incorrect treatment to someone one is attempting to heal.
   • Some “famous doctors" referred patients to him that they could not heal or those they had mishealed.1980, Beijing Review - Issues 1-26, page 26
   • Akras touched her scarred cheeks, tracing the hard ridges of deliberately mishealed flesh.1992, Cheryl J. Franklin, The Inquisitor, page 424