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caries

car·ies

UK/ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/US/ˈkɛ.ɹiz/

noun

What it means

  1. uncountableusuallyThe progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.
    1. abbreviationellipsisuncountableusuallyEllipsis of dental caries (“tooth decay”).

      Near-synonym: cavity

      Synonyms: cavity

In a sentence

Near-synonym: cavity

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱes-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*kazēō
  3. Latincareō
  4. Latincariēs
  5. Englishcaries

Borrowed from Latin cariēs.

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