Malocclude

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Of teeth, to misalign.

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From mal- + occlude.

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