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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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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