infraposition

Meaning

1. noun A situation or state of being beneath something else.
2. noun 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.

Similar words

underplacement subsurface cut below supraposition down below underlayer subterposition subsubject infraphylum subdeposit

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