Meanings
plural malocclusions
- countableuncountabledentistryA misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth.
Antonyms: benocclusion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth.
Origin
- Latinmale
- Englishmalocclusion
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”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian обратна захапка
- обратна захапка (obratna zahapka)misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
Chinese Mandarin 錯𬌗 /错𬌗, 錯𬌗畸形 /错𬌗畸形
- 錯𬌗 /错𬌗 (cuòhé)misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
- 錯𬌗畸形 /错𬌗畸形 (cuòhé jīxíng)misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
- 咬合不正 (yǎohé bùzhèng)misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
Hungarian helytelen fogsorilleszkedés
- helytelen fogsorilleszkedésmisalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
Norwegian Bokmål feilbitt
- feilbittmisalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
Spanish mala oclusión, oclusión mala / anormal / defectuosa / patológica
- mala oclusiónmisalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
- oclusión mala / anormal / defectuosa / patológicamisalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with malocclusion
Cite this entry
malocclusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malocclusion
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