Affected with or showing signs of caries; having dental or bone decay from bacterial infection.
From Latin 'caries' (decay, rot) with past participle suffix '-ed'. This medical term has been in use since at least the 1600s to describe tooth and bone deterioration.
A 'caried tooth' means a decayed one, and the word comes straight from Latin where 'caries' originally meant any kind of rotting or decay—before modern dentistry, caries was one of humanity's most common ailments.
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