carious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- cariosity noun
- cariousness noun
Etymology
Origin of carious
1520–30; < Latin cariōsus decayed, rotten, equivalent to cari ( ēs ) caries + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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But another type of problem, carious lesions or cavities, has been found more often in fossilised teeth.
From Scientific American
The carious or necrotic process may extend to the mastoid cells.
From Project Gutenberg
The bone itself was become carious, and she found it necessary to have the flesh cut open to allow fragments of the bone to come out.
From Project Gutenberg
Nuwer's so-called cavities, he concluded, had actually been "incipient carious lesions," a form of early stage decay that some dentists call "microcavities."
From Seattle Times
Only the fungused brain and carious mouth Of senile things could shape such thought....
From Project Gutenberg
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