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Caries

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Noun

1. caries, cavity, dental caries, tooth decay

soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

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Caries

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noun plural -ies
progressive decay of a bone or a tooth

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Caries

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noun
decay of bones or, esp., of teeth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Caries

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n.
1. Decay of a bone or tooth, especially dental caries.
2. (used with a pl. verb) Instances of such decay, especially dental cavities: a child with several caries.

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