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Caries

noun
(pl. caries)
1.
Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth.  Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay.



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... by the irritant properties of blood poisons, exhaustion and exposure, spinal concussion, all forms of injury to the spine, tumors, caries of ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture
... named Hamp Biscoe, his wife and a thirteen-year-old son. Hamp Biscoe, it appears, was a hard working, thrifty farmer, who lived near England, Arkansas, upon a small farm with his family. The investigation of the tragedy was conducted by a resident of Arkansas named R.B. Caries, a white man, who furnished the account to the Arkansas Democrat over his own signature. He says the original trouble which led to the lynching was a quarrel between Biscoe and a white man about a debt. About six years after Biscoe preempted his land, a white man made a demand of $100 upon him ...
— The Red Record - Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States • Ida B. Wells-Barnett


Words linked to "Caries" :   Tilletia caries, cavity, decay, dental caries, carious


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