misheals

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
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