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Does the word caries in FRENCH mean decay?


I'm enrolled at a Dental Assistant school and one of our terminology words is caries which was the term given by Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761) He was the Founder of Modern Dentistry.
Our class was wondering if the word caries is a french pronunciation for decay??
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Sandy

It means "cavities".

"une carie" is a cavity

"la carie dentaire" is tooth decay

CAVITIES

Probably so, in Germany it is also called "Karies", and points out to be the cavity and decay of a tooth.

Yes, caries are cavities which is decay.

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