English Explanatory Dictionary

caries

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.
  2. Ellipsis of dental caries (“tooth decay”).
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cary

Pronunciation

/ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caries.wav /ˈkɛ.ɹiz/

Word forms

caries

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cariēs.

Synonyms

cavity

Derived words

cariology carious dental caries

Translations

Arabic: تَسَوُّس Armenian: ոսկրափտություն Armenian: կարիես Bulgarian: ка́риес Chinese Mandarin: 齲齒 /龋齿 Chinese Mandarin: 蛀牙 Chinese Mandarin: 蟲牙 /虫牙 Czech: kaz Czech: zubní kaz Danish: karies Danish: caries Dutch: cariës Dutch: tandbederf Dutch: gaatjes Estonian: kaaries Finnish: karies Finnish: hammasmätä French: carie Galician: carie German: Karies Greek: τερηδόνα Hebrew: עַשֶּׁשֶׁת Hungarian: fogszuvasodás Japanese: 齲蝕 Japanese: う蝕 Japanese: カリエス Japanese: 虫歯 Korean: 충치 Korean: 카리에스 Norwegian Bokmål: karies Norwegian Nynorsk: karies Polish: próchnica Portuguese: cárie Russian: ка́риес Russian: ка́риес зубо́в Spanish: caries Swahili: karisi Swedish: karies Tagalog: karyes Thai: ฟันผุ Ukrainian: ка́рієс Ukrainian: каріо́з
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