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CARIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carious mean?
• CARIOUS (adjective)
The adjective CARIOUS has 1 sense:
1. (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
Familiarity information: CARIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Derivation:
caries (soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth)
Context examples
Acute or chronic inflammation of tissues surrounding the apical portion of a tooth, associated with the collection of pus, resulting from infection following pulp infection through a carious lesion or as a result of an injury causing pulp necrosis.
(Periapical Dental Abscess, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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