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 (hu), fogszuvasodás (hu)
• Japanese: 虫歯 (ja) (mushiba), 齲蝕 (ja) (ushoku)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• Thai: ฟันผุ
• Turkish: diş çürüğü
• Venetian: carol m

See also

• dental cavities - individual cavities formed as a result