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noun professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
noun a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English practice English malpractice From mal- + practice.
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