adjective. Having caries, especially of the teeth; decayed.

Affected with caries; decayed or decaying, as a bone.

Having a corroded appearance: applied in entomology to surfaces which are thickly covered with deep and very irregular depressions, with jagged ridges between them, like a metal plate that has been exposed to a strong acid.

adjective. Affected with caries; decaying.

adjective. Having caries; decayed.

adjective. (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay

"They also tended to die without losing many teeth (carious and lost tooth rate was approx 2% in Viking areas, compared to about 10% in France over a lifetime, and note that in France the lifetime was half aslong)."

unhealthy  

gangrenous  intra-epithelial  lytic  post-  post-connect  

decaying  decompose