Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🩸 Wrong spreading 📦 Unfair sharing 💰 Wrong allocation
misdistribution

misdistribution

8.9
Incorrect spreading of a substance inside the body or an organ
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsdɪsˈtrɪbjuːʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : distribución incorrecta
  • The misdistribution of blood flow can lead to tissue damage in certain organs.

Examples

  • Improper injection technique may result in the misdistribution of medication within the body.

  • Scientists are studying the misdistribution of fat in patients with metabolic disorders.

  • The doctor explained the misdistribution of blood cells in the patient.

  • There was a noticeable misdistribution of nutrients in the tissue samples.

  • The misdistribution of blood flow can lead to tissue damage in certain organs.

  • There was a noticeable misdistribution of nutrients in the tissue samples.

  • Improper injection technique may result in the misdistribution of medication within the body.

Synonyms

maldistribution
vsmisdistribution
  • Specialized
9.0

An uneven spread of something inside a system that makes it work poorly

is limited to abnormal spreading of a substance inside an organism or body part

Antonyms

distribution
64 3.0

How something spreads over an area or among people

How Even

distribution
64 3.0
misdistribution
  • Specialized
8.9
focalization
  • Specialized
9.3

Surface Forms

misdistribution singular
misdistributions plural

Morphology

misdistribution = distribution (transparent) = mis + distribution

Formed by the productive prefix 'mis-' (wrongly/incorrectly) attached to the noun 'distribution'; the sense 'incorrect or abnormal allocation' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Misdistribution comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the verb distribute meaning 'to give out' or 'spread', so a medical misdistribution is when blood, fat, or medicine is 'spread' the wrong way inside the body.