cariosityn.
/karɪˈɒsɪti/ Pathology.
Carious state or condition; a carious formation.
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caries1634
cariosity1638
spina ventosa1684
cariousness1818
osteoporosis1841
rarefaction1850
osteolysis1875
osteitis fibrosa1910
porosis1926
osteodystrophia fibrosa1928
osteodystrophy1930
1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xviii. 130 Moist medicaments are not to bee applied to bones, because they cause cariositie.
1747 C. Amyand in Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 199 A..Cariosity in the Body of the Os Humeri.
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