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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
carrion, decay, decomposition, dry gangrene, dry rot, foulness, gangrene, gas gangrene, moist gangrene, mortification, necrosis, necrotic tissue, noma, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, rot, rottenness, slough, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, tooth decay
Dictionary Results for caries:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
caries
    n 1: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to
         the death of a tooth [syn: cavity, caries, dental
         caries, tooth decay]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 islands.
   [1913 Webster] Caribbean
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caries \Ca"ri*es\, n. [L., decay.] (Med.)
   Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and
   is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in
   which it dies in masses.
   [1913 Webster]
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