malocclusion

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
25
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˌmæləˈkluːʒən/

Definition of malocclusion

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth.

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Etymology

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”).

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