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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.