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Webster 1913 Edition
Caries
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Ca′ri-es
,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
,Noun.
Definition 2024
caries
caries
English
Noun
caries (plural caries)
- The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay
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French
Noun
caries f
- plural of carie
Verb
caries
- second-person singular present indicative of carier
- second-person singular present subjunctive of carier
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From careō (“to lack”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ri.eːs/
Noun
cariēs f (genitive cariēī); fifth declension
Inflection
Fifth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cariēs | cariēs |
| genitive | cariēī | cariērum |
| dative | cariēī | cariēbus |
| accusative | cariem | cariēs |
| ablative | cariē | cariēbus |
| vocative | cariēs | cariēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- caries in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caries in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caries”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 93