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What does carious mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word carious? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having caries (“bone or tooth decay”); decayed, rotten.
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Treatment involves removal of the carious tissue and placement of a dental restoration, or filling.
Practitioners were skilled in restoring carious teeth with gold and replacing missing teeth with false ones.
This set allows the practitioner to remove defective restorations and carious lesions with minimal changing of burs and maximum efficacy.
Treatment includes an oral examination, cleaning, topical fluoride application, restoration of carious teeth, pulp therapy, and, when necessary, tooth extraction.
The indiscriminate use of viper broth is not proper at all times, or in all cases of carious bones.
The actinomyces gain access to the bone through a carious tooth or through the gum.

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