flesh or meat, especially used in medical or anatomical contexts (a more formal or technical term).
From Latin 'caro' (flesh/meat). This scholarly term remained in English medical and anatomical vocabulary from Medieval Latin. It appears in phrases like 'caro nobilis' (noble flesh) in surgery texts.
In anatomy, physicians still use Latin terms like 'caro' to describe different types of flesh—'caro luxurians' describes excessive granulation tissue in wounds, preserving precise medieval medical language in modern practice.
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