cariesn.
/ˈkɛːrɪiːz/ a. Pathology. Decay of the bones or teeth. Also attributive and in other combinations.
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caries1634
cariosity1638
spina ventosa1684
cariousness1818
osteoporosis1841
rarefaction1850
osteolysis1875
osteitis fibrosa1910
porosis1926
osteodystrophia fibrosa1928
osteodystrophy1930
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of teeth
scale1594
caries1634
tartar1806
odontolith1848
malocclusion1864
pulpitis1869
odontome1870
pericementitis1882
cementoma1893
open bite1893
plaque1898
super-eruption1912
mulberry molar1917
Moon1918
retroclusion1928
bruxism1932
overclosure1934
overeruption1961
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xix. 27 The excrementitious humours..to wit the matter of the Caries.
1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick ii. xv. 89 A Caries or foulness of the Bone.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 746/1 Caries..attacks the cranium in common with the rest of the osseous system.
1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 305 The enamel and the dentine are the tissues..affected by caries.
1937 T. W. Widdowson & E. V. B. Widdowson Dental Surg. (ed. 3) ix. 228 Many teeth are caries-free until cementum is exposed late in life.
1944 Marzell & Bronner Dental Surgeon's Handbk. 10 Caries prophylaxis should begin in early infancy.
1963 J. Osborne Dental Mech. (ed. 5) x. 193 These may form a caries-prone area.
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b. Botany. Decay of vegetable tissue.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > decayed or decaying
rarefactive?a1425
rarefied1523
cariez'd1634
bonea1639
cariated1665
carious1676
cariose1763
ossivorous1842
osteoporotic1865
osteolytic1875
porotic1883
caried1884
Albers-Schönberg1922
osteodystrophic1925
1634 G. Baker tr. A. Paré Apol. in T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxix. 689 His leg all ulcered, and all the bones cariez'd and rotten.
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