Maldevelopment is the state of an organism or an organisation that did not develop in the `normal` way (used in medicine, e.g. `brain maldevelopment of a fetus`). It was introduced as a human and social development term in France in the 1990s by Samir Amin to challenge the concept of `underdevelopment.` The word maldéveloppement did not exi...
(dysplasticity) Condition in which a bone or joint is not properly developed/developing
(mal″dә-vel´әp-mәnt) abnormal growth or development.