malpractice

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- ▲ Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyseder. Middle English practice, practique, practyse English practice English malpractice From mal- + practice.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лекарска небрежност (lekarska nebrežnost) — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Chinese Mandarin: 醫療過失 /医疗过失 (yīliáo guòshī) — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Czech: nedbalost — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Dutch: wanpraktijk — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Finnish: hoitovirhe — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• French: négligence médicale — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• German: Kunstfehler — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• German: Behandlungsfehler — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Hungarian: műhiba — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Irish: míchleachtas — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Portuguese: negligência — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Spanish: mala praxis — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Turkish: tıbbi hata — the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss
• Chinese Mandarin: 職業不當行為 /职业不当行为 (zhíyè bùdàng xíngwéi) — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Czech: zneužití úřední moci — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Finnish: epäeettinen toiminta — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• French: méconduite — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• German: Amtsmissbrauch — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Hungarian: vétkes gondatlanság — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Hungarian: mulasztás — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Hungarian: jogellenes gyakorlat/cselekedet/viselkedés — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Hungarian: foglalkozás körében elkövetett veszélyeztetés — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Irish: míchleachtas — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Malay: amalan salah — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Polish: błąd w sztuce — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Portuguese: negligência — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Russian: должностно́е преступле́ние (dolžnostnóje prestuplénije) — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Russian: престу́пная хала́тность (prestúpnaja xalátnostʹ) — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person
• Spanish: mala praxis — improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person