dental caries

dental caries

English

Noun

dental caries (uncountable)

1. A disease of the teeth resulting in damage to tooth structure.

   Synonym: tooth decay

Translations

disease of the teeth

Chinese: Mandarin: 齲齒／龋齿 (zh) (qǔchǐ), 蛀牙 (zh) (zhùyá) Czech: zubní kaz m Finnish: hammaskaries French: carie (fr) f, carie dentaire f Galician: carie (gl) f Greek: τερηδόνα (el) f (teridóna) Hungarian: fogszú Japanese: 虫歯 (ja) (mushiba), 齲蝕 (ushoku) Malay: Jawi: کاريس ݢيݢي‎ (ms) Rumi: karies gigi (ms) Polish: próchnica zębów f Russian: кариес зубов (karijes zubov) Spanish: caries (es) pl Swedish: karies (sv), tandröta (sv) c Turkish: diş çürüğü Venetian: carol m

See also

• dental cavities - individual cavities formed as a result