D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Caries

· Ca·ri·es · IPA /ˈkɛ.ɹiz/
01 n. Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies i…
  1. 1.
    Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.(Med.)