malocclude

English

Etymology

mal- +‎ occlude

Verb

malocclude (third-person singular simple present maloccludes, present participle maloccluding, simple past and past participle maloccluded)

  1. (dentistry) Of teeth, to misalign.
    • 1913, The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies, volume 8, page 114:
      Malocclusion is one of the contributing local causes of pyorrhea; and after the disease has progressed, all the teeth affected malocclude, due to loss of foundation tissue and to tilting.
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