龋齿

齲齒
qǔchǐ
  1. tooth decay; dental caries
  2. decayed tooth; rotten tooth

CEDICT

  1. decayed tooth; rotten tooth
  2. dental caries; tooth decay

Wiktionary

病名。由于口腔不清洁感染某种溶链菌，使食物中的糖分变成多糖和酸，酸溶蚀牙齿的珐琅质产生脱钙现象。

重編國語辭典

牙齿因细菌活动而造成分解的现象

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 龋 qǔ
  1. decayed teeth
  2. dental caries
2 齿 chǐ tooth

classifier: 顆

Containing this entry

龋齿性 qǔchǐxìng caries-inducing

Related entries

蛀牙 zhùyá
  1. tooth decay; dental caries
  2. decayed tooth; rotten tooth
我蛀牙很多。

I have a lot of bad teeth.

Source: Tatoeba

虫牙 chóngyá
  1. tooth decay; dental caries
  2. decayed tooth; rotten tooth