Carious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having caries, especially of the teeth; decayed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having caries; decayed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Affected with caries; decaying.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Affected with caries; decayed or decaying, as a bone.
  • Having a corroded appearance: applied in entomology to surfaces which are thickly covered with deep and very irregular depressions, with jagged ridges between them, like a metal plate that has been exposed to a strong acid.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
  • Equivalent
    unhealthy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decaying    decompose   
    Same Context
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