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anticarious

American

[an-tee-kair-ee-uhs, -kar-, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈkɛər i əs, -ˈkær-, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

Dentistry.

preventing or retarding caries.

Etymology

Origin of anticarious

anti- + carious

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