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• Carioca

  a modification of the samba. the music for this dance. a native of Rio de Janeiro. Historical Examples The barracks of the carioca are built, and the other barracks are prepared. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil Maria Graham The nickname of the inhabitants of Rio is carioca, from this fountain. Journal of a Voyage […]

• Cariocan

  noun a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Historical Examples If this had been a Spanish or a cariocan mother and daughter how easy it would have been! The Judge Rebecca West

• Cariogenesis

  cariogenesis cariogenesis car·i·o·gen·e·sis (kâr’ē-ō-jěn’ĭ-sĭs) n. The production of dental caries. car’i·o·gen’ic (-jěn’ĭk) adj.

• Cariogenic

  conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets. adjective (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth

• Cariogenicity

  conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets. adjective (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth cariogenicity car·i·o·ge·nic·i·ty (kâr’ē-ō-jə-nĭs’ĭ-tē) n. The quality of being conducive to cariogenesis.

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