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[syn: cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carib \Car"ib\, n.; pl. Caries. [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.)
A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the
Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a
region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly
most of the West India islands.
[1913 Webster] Caribbean
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Caries \Ca"ri*es\, n. [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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
caries
n 1: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to
the death of a tooth [syn: cavity, caries, dental
caries, tooth decay]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "caries":
carrion, decay, decomposition, dry gangrene, dry rot, foulness,
gangrene, gas gangrene, moist gangrene, mortification, necrosis,
necrotic tissue, noma, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity,
putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, rot, rottenness,
slough, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, tooth decay