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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


caríes

caríes

See also: caries, cariés, and cáries

Spanish

Verb

caríes

  1. Informal second-person singular () negative imperative form of cariar.
  2. Informal second-person singular () present subjunctive form of cariar.