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Examples of caries in a Sentence
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Word History
Latin, decay; akin to Old Irish ara-chrinn it decays
1634, in the meaning defined above
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“Caries.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caries. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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