caries

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

caries
    n 1: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to
         the death of a tooth [syn: {cavity}, {caries}, {dental
         caries}, {tooth decay}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Carib \Car"ib\, n.; pl. {Caries}. [See {Cannibal}.] (Ethol.)
   A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the
   Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a
   region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly
   most of the West India islands.
   [1913 Webster] Caribbean

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Caries \Ca"ri*es\, n. [L., decay.] (Med.)
   Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and
   is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in
   which it dies in masses.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "caries":
      carrion, decay, decomposition, dry gangrene, dry rot, foulness,
      gangrene, gas gangrene, moist gangrene, mortification, necrosis,
      necrotic tissue, noma, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity,
      putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, rot, rottenness,
      slough, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, tooth decay

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