Search for crossword answers and clues
Soft decayed area in a tooth
Answer for the clue "Soft decayed area in a tooth ", 6 letters:
caries
Alternative clues for the word caries
Word definitions for caries in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carib \Car"ib\, n.; pl. Caries . [See Cannibal .] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE dental ▪ Tooth loss in people under 60, however, is usually caused by dental caries . EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ dental caries EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Children in the lower socioeconomic groups, particularly black ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth [syn: cavity , dental caries , tooth decay ]
Usage examples of caries.
It next invades the vertebrae themselves, and producing caries, or death and decay of the bony substance, which softens and wastes away, as shown in Fig.
You can hardly appreciate the curse of dental caries in those days.
The kids were as healthy as they looked, aside from slight dental caries in him, two small cavities.
The dentition pattern, although showing remarkably advanced dental caries, is definitely human.
Counteracts dental caries but too much of it can discolour the teeth.
Was it possible that dental caries had returned to plague mankind again, after all these centuries?
But both Schmaus and Horsley have exposed the true pathological anatomy of spinal caries.