caries vs wasting

caries

noun

  • The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay 

wasting

noun

  • Gradual deterioration or wasting away. 

  • The act by which something is laid waste; destruction. 

adj

  • Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass. 

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