malocclusion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1888. Formed as mal- (“wrong”, “improper(ly)”: ultimately from the Classical Latin male, “badly”, “wrongly”; from malus, “bad”; compare the ben- element in benocclusion) + occlusion (“alignment of the teeth in closed jaws”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malocclusion (countable and uncountable, plural malocclusions)
- (dentistry) A misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth.
- Antonym: benocclusion
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Translations[edit]
misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malocclusion f (plural malocclusions)
Further reading[edit]
- “malocclusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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