malocclusion

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmæləˈkluːʒən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

malocclusion (countable and uncountable, plural malocclusions)

1. (dentistry) A misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth.

   Antonym: benocclusion

Related terms

• malocclude

Translations

misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth

• Bulgarian: обратна захапка f (obratna zahapka)
• Hungarian: helytelen fogsorilleszkedés
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feilbitt n

See also

• crossbite
• overbite
• retrognathism
• underbite

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.lɔ.kly.zjɔ̃/

Noun

malocclusion f (plural malocclusions)

1. malocclusion

Further reading

• “malocclusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.