кариоза

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Latin cariōsus (“decayed”) +‎ -о́за (-óza, “-osis”, disease-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐriˈɔzɐ]
• Syllabification^(key): ка‧ри‧о‧за
• Hyphenation^(key): ка‧ри‧оза

Noun

карио́за • (karióza) f (rare)

1. The process of formation of a caries, an internal rotting of a bone or tooth; cariosis.
2. The resulting condition of the above.

Declension

Declension of карио́за

	singular
indefinite	карио́за karióza
definite	карио́зата kariózata

Related terms

• ка́риес (káries)

References

• “кариоза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014