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infraposition

noun — 2 senses

infraposition

noun

Etymology From infra- + position.

1

A situation or state of being beneath something else.

  • 1915 (published), 1848 (first written), Elisha Kent Kane, Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack This floe is now more than two hundred and fifty yards long by four hundred wide; a size too large for infraposition of tables
2

Dentistry, Medicine, Sciences A type of malposition of a tooth such that its occlusal surface falls short of the occlusal plane (that is, apical to it); an instance of such malposition.

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