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car·ies (ker′ēz′, -ē ēz′)

noun

decay of bones or, esp., of teeth

Etymology: L, decay < IE base ker-, to injure > Gr kēr, death, destruction, Sans ṛṇāti, (he) breaks, crushes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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