Bible Dictionaries
Caries

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(pl.) of Carib

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Caries'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/caries.html. 1828.