"caries" meaning in English

See caries in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛ.ɹiz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caries.wav Forms: caries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹiz Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cariēs. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cariēs}} Latin cariēs Head templates: {{en-noun|-|*}} caries (usually uncountable, plural caries)
  1. The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-caries-en-noun-EbN1sgK5
  2. The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.
    (usually) Ellipsis of dental caries (“tooth decay”).
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: dental caries (extra: tooth decay) Synonyms: cavity
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Derived forms: cariology, carious, dental caries Translations (progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay): تَسَوُّس (tasawwus) (Arabic), ոսկրափտություն (oskrapʻtutʻyun) (Armenian), կարիես (karies) (Armenian), ка́риес (káries) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 齲齒 /龋齿 (qǔchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 蛀牙 (zhùyá) (Chinese Mandarin), 蟲牙 /虫牙 (chóngyá) (Chinese Mandarin), kaz [masculine] (Czech), zubní kaz [masculine] (Czech), karies [common-gender] (Danish), caries [common-gender] (Danish), cariës [feminine] (Dutch), tandbederf [neuter] (Dutch), gaatjes [informal, plural] (Dutch), kaaries (Estonian), karies (Finnish), hammasmätä (Finnish), carie [feminine] (French), carie [feminine] (Galician), Karies [feminine] (German), τερηδόνα (teridóna) [feminine] (Greek), עַשֶּׁשֶׁת ('ashéshet) [feminine] (Hebrew), fogszuvasodás (Hungarian), 齲蝕 (ushoku) (alt: うしょく) (Japanese), う蝕 (ushoku) (alt: うしょく) (Japanese), カリエス (kariesu) (Japanese), 虫歯 (mushiba) (alt: むしば) (Japanese), 충치 (chungchi) (alt: 蟲齒) (Korean), 카리에스 (karieseu) (Korean), karies [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), karies [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), próchnica [feminine] (Polish), cárie [feminine] (Portuguese), ка́риес (kárijes) [masculine] (Russian), ка́риес зубо́в (kárijes zubóv) [masculine] (Russian), caries [feminine] (Spanish), karisi (Swahili), karies [common-gender] (Swedish), karyes (Tagalog), ฟันผุ (Thai), ка́рієс (kárijes) [masculine] (Ukrainian), каріо́з (karióz) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay': 50 50

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} caries
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cary Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: cary
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Etymology number: 2
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      "word": "تَسَوُّس"
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      "word": "կարիես"
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      "roman": "káries",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "word": "ка́риес"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "qǔchǐ",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
      "word": "齲齒 /龋齿"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "zhùyá",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
      "word": "蛀牙"
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      "roman": "chóngyá",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "word": "cariës"
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "word": "tandbederf"
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
      "word": "hammasmätä"
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "word": "carie"
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "word": "carie"
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "teridóna",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "word": "τερηδόνα"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "'ashéshet",
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      "word": "עַשֶּׁשֶׁת"
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      "word": "fogszuvasodás"
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      "roman": "ushoku",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
      "word": "齲蝕"
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      "roman": "kariesu",
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      "word": "カリエス"
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      "alt": "むしば",
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      "roman": "mushiba",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "alt": "蟲齒",
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "roman": "chungchi",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
      "word": "충치"
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      "roman": "karieseu",
      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
      "word": "카리에스"
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      "sense": "progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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