Carious and Infected

Carious adjective - (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay.

Infected and carious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Infected" instead an adjective "Carious".

Nearby Words: caries, cariosity

Infected adjective - Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.

Carious and infected are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Carious" instead an adjective "Infected".

Nearby Words: infection, infective, infecting