- Cariosity
- Cariosity \Ca`ri*os"i*ty\, n. (Med.) Caries. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Cariosity
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cariosity — [ˌkærɪ ɒsɪtɪ] excite idle intellectual natural pique unquenchable cariosity whet (one s) cariosity healthy to arouse to satisfy one s cariosity cariosity about … Combinatory dictionary
cariosity — See carious. * * * … Universalium
cariosity — car·i·os·i·ty (kar″e osґĭ te) the quality of being carious … Medical dictionary
cariosity — n. caries (Medicine); tooth and bone decay (Pathology) … English contemporary dictionary
cariosity — n. See caries … New dictionary of synonyms
cariosity — … Useful english dictionary
carious — cariosity /kair ee os i tee/, cariousness, n. /kair ee euhs/, adj. having caries, as teeth; decayed. [1520 30; < L cariosus decayed, rotten, equiv. to cari(es) CARIES + osus OUS] * * * … Universalium
cariousness — See cariosity. * * * … Universalium
caries — n. [L.] (Med.) Ulceration (of a bone), cariosity … New dictionary of synonyms
decay — v 1. decline, sicken, fail, waste away, atrophy, ebb, wane, dwindle; wither, degenerate, deteriorate, molder, crumble, fall to pieces, disintegrate, wear away, corrode. 2. spoil, rot, go bad, putrefy, decompose. n 3. decline, failing, weakening,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
