cariousadj.
/ˈkɛːrɪəs/, U.S. /ˈkɛriəs/ 1. Pathology. Of bones, teeth, etc.: Affected with caries, decayed.
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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
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. iv. 309 Finding the bone carious.
1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 426 A rotten or carious tooth.
1831 W. Youatt Horse viii. 146 Carious or hollow teeth have occasionally..been seen.
2. transferred. Decayed; rotten with dry rot.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed
rottena1382
marcid?a1425
bada1450
decayed1528
carious1530
mouldy1576
perished1587
decrepit1594
moskered1612
marcidious1656
mortified1673
ampery1736
daddocky1790
1530 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 295 My cariouse bodye to be beride in the Trenyte qweir.
1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 49 The..carious grains are..often housed with the sound grain.
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 286 Fire racing along the old carious timbers.
1844 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. lviii The earth yields and crumbles beneath his foot..for its substance is white, hollow, and carious.
Derivatives
cariousness n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [noun] > decay or erosion
caries1634
cariosity1638
spina ventosa1684
cariousness1818
osteoporosis1841
rarefaction1850
osteolysis1875
osteitis fibrosa1910
porosis1926
osteodystrophia fibrosa1928
osteodystrophy1930
1818 Art of preserving Feet 116 A cariousness which has rendered the amputation of one or more toes..necessary.
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adj.1530