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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
originEtymology tree Latin careō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin cariēsbor. English caries Borrowed from Latin cariēs.
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