Usually means: Tooth decay caused by bacteria.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word caries:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. caries: Merriam-Webster
  2. caries: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caries: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caries: Collins English Dictionary
  5. caries: Vocabulary.com
  6. Caries, caries: Wordnik
  7. caries: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. caries: Wiktionary
  9. caries: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. caries: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. caries: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. caries: Dictionary.com
  13. Caries: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Caries: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. caries: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. caries: Rhymezone
  17. Caries: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. caries: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. caries: FreeDictionary.org
  20. caries: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. caries: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. caries: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Caries: Glossary of Health Care Terms

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caries: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. caries: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Caries: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
  5. Caries: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  9. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  10. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  11. caries: Medical dictionary
  12. Oral Health Definitions for Non-Dentists (No longer online)
  13. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. Caries: Drug Medical Dictionary
  15. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

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noun:  The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.

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