caries
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The need for fillings after two years in the new treatment group was 24% less than in the regular-treatment group, according to the study, published in 2012 in the journal Caries Research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2016
Caries, kā′ri-ēz, n. rottenness or decay of a bone.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
How is this Caries or Gangrene of the Bone discover'd, when it lies hid under the Flesh?
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
What Means are to be us'd in order to cure a Caries proceeding from an external Cause?
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
Caries was a pustular disease, in which bristle-like hairs formed a prominent feature.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
