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Definition of caries

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Caries (n.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses..

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Graduate :: Graduate (n.) A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated..

Carious :: Carious (a.) Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth..

Cariosity :: Cariosity (n.) Caries.

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight..

Caries :: Caries (n.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses..

Dram :: Dram (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains..

Caries :: Caries (pl. ) of Cari.

Tunicaries :: Tunicaries (pl. ) of Tunicar.

Apothecaries :: Apothecaries (pl. ) of Apothecar.

Gallipot :: Gallipot (n.) A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc..

Necrosis :: Necrosis (n.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries..

Pott''s Disease :: Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon..

Peccaries :: Peccaries (pl. ) of Peccar.

Officinal :: Officinal (a.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Sauba Ant :: Sauba ant () A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants..