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 Definitions of caries  [ˈkɛər iz, -iˌiz]  

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Definition of 'caries' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) caries
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.

Etymology:  (1625–35; < L)

Definition of 'caries' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay
soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth


Definition of 'caries' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) caries
ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses

2.  caries
of Carib


Translation of 'caries' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: decay or rottenness of the teeth.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kariës Arabic flag Arabic: تسوّس ، نَخْرُ العِظام Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кариес
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cárie Czech flag Czech: kaz (zubní) German flag German: die Karies
Danish flag Danish: caries Greek flag Greek: τερηδόνα Spanish flag Spanish: caries
Estonian flag Estonian: kaaries Farsi flag Farsi: کرم خوردگی دندان Finnish flag Finnish: karies
French flag French: carie Hebrew flag Hebrew: עַשֶשֶׁת Hindi flag Hindi: अस्थिक्षरण, अस्थिक्षय
Croatian flag Croatian: karijes Hungarian flag Hungarian: fogszuvasodás Indonesian flag Indonesian: kerusakan gigi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tannskemmd Italian flag Italian: carie Japanese flag Japanese: 虫歯
Korean flag Korean: 충치 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kariesas,ėduonis Latvian flag Latvian: kariess
Malay flag Malay: karies gigi Dutch flag Dutch: tandbederf Norwegian flag Norwegian: tannråte, karies
Polish flag Polish: próchnica Persian flag Persian: کرم خوردگی دندان Pashto flag Pashto: دهډوكو او غاښوخرابوالى (ف
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cárie Romanian flag Romanian: carie Russian flag Russian: кариес
Slovak flag Slovak: zubný kaz Slovenian flag Slovenian: karies Serbian flag Serbian: karijes
Swedish flag Swedish: karies Thai flag Thai: การผุกร่อนของกระดูกโดยเฉพ Turkish flag Turkish: çürük, diş çürüğü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 齲齒,蛀牙 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: карієс Urdu flag Urdu: دانتوں میں کیڑا لگنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự sâu răng Chinese flag Chinese: 龋齿

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