saprodontia
1saprodontia — SYN: dental caries. [sapro + G. odous, tooth] …
2saprodontia — n. decay of teeth …
3Caries — Dental cavities. Holes in the two outer layers of a tooth called the enamel and the dentin. The enamel is the outermost white hard surface and the dentin is the yellow layer just beneath enamel. Both layers serve to protect the inner living tooth …
4sapr- — combining form or sapro Etymology: Greek, from sapros; perhaps akin to Lithuanian šupti to rot 1. : rotten : putrid sapremia …
5-odontia — I. əˈdänch(ē)ə, ōˈd noun combining form (plural odontia) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek odont , odōn tooth : animal or animals having teeth of a (specified) nature in taxonomic names in zoology …