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malocclude

malocclude verb: of teeth, to misalign.

Verb

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

  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.1913, The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies, volume 8, page 114

Forms of malocclude

third-person singular presentmaloccludes
present participlemaloccluding
past participlemaloccluded
pastmaloccluded

Origin of malocclude

From mal- + occlude.

Questions about malocclude

What does malocclude mean?
Malocclude means of teeth, to misalign.
What part of speech is malocclude?
Malocclude is a verb.
What is the past tense of malocclude?
The past tense of malocclude is maloccluded.

Words near malocclude in the dictionary

  1. maloca
  2. malocas
  3. malocca
  4. maloccas
  5. malocchio
  6. malocclude
  7. maloccluded
  8. maloccludes
  9. maloccluding
  10. malocclusion
  11. malocclusional

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