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Caries

//ˈkɛə.ɹiːz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth wordnet
  3. 3
    The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.; Ellipsis of dental caries (“tooth decay”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually

    "Near-synonym: cavity"

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of cary form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cariēs.

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