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Webster 1913 Edition


Caries


Ca′ri-es

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Noun.
[L., decay.]
(Med.)
Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.

Webster 1828 Edition


Caries

CARIES

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Noun.
The corruption or mortification of a bone; an ulcerated bone.

Definition 2024


cáries

cáries

See also: caries, cariés, and caríes

Portuguese

Noun

cáries

  1. plural of cárie