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Vinony

malocclusion

noun

  1. misalignment or incorrect relation between the teeth of the two dental arches as the jaws close
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌmæləˈkluːʒən/

noun

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”).

  1. A misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth.