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cariosis

cariosis noun: the formation of a caries (decay inside a bone or tooth).

Noun

cariosis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The formation of a caries (decay inside a bone or tooth).
  2. (rare) The condition resulting from the above.

Origin of cariosis

By surface analysis, Latin cariōsus (“decayed”) + -osis.

Questions about cariosis

What does cariosis mean?
Cariosis means the formation of a caries (decay inside a bone or tooth).
What part of speech is cariosis?
Cariosis is a noun.

Words near cariosis in the dictionary

  1. cariologists
  2. cariology
  3. carioprotective
  4. cariopses
  5. cariopsis
  6. cariosis
  7. cariosity
  8. cariosome
  9. cariosomes
  10. cariostasis
  11. cariostat

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