malocclusion

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth. countable,uncountable

词形变化

malocclusions plural

词源

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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