caries

cariēs acc.em, f

1 CAR-, decay, dry-rot : tenera (of a ship), O.

caries
cărĭes, em, ē (other cases appear not to be in use), f. I Decay , caries (prop. of a hard, dry dec...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Caries
·pl of <<Carib>>. II. Caries ·noun Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is...

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