† carioseadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= carious adj.
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rarefactive?a1425
rarefied1523
cariez'd1634
bonea1639
cariated1665
carious1676
cariose1763
ossivorous1842
osteoporotic1865
osteolytic1875
porotic1883
caried1884
Albers-Schönberg1922
osteodystrophic1925
1763 C. Wollaston in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 585 The os calcis, and astragalus, are both of them cariose.
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