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carious

ca·ri·ous

carious · more carious · most carious

кариозный

Having caries; decayed, rottenHaving caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.

UK/ˈkɛəɹi.əs/US/ˈkɛəi.əs/

Meaning

1 senses

Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.
карио́зныйkarióznyj

More definitions

(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay

Translations

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Русский

By meaning 1

having caries (bone or tooth decay):

Origin

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cariē

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cariēs (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from careō (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kazēō (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -ōsus (“full of, prone to”), from Old Latin -ōsos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

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