10
cavity(noun, area, space, hole, hollow)
6
tooth decay(noun, expression, idiom, decay)
5
decay(noun, decline, ruin, decrease, collapse)
5
dental caries(noun, expression, idiom)
4
gangrene(noun, decline, disease, collapse, deterioration)
4
mortification(decline, ruin, disease, collapse, failing)
3
blight(decline, collapse, deterioration, impairment, degeneration)
3
putrefaction(noun, decline, collapse, deterioration, decay)
3
putrescence(noun, decline, collapse, deterioration, decay)
3
rot(decline, disease, collapse, deterioration, impairment)
3
sphacelation
3
sphacelus
3
spoilage(noun, decline, ruin, collapse, deterioration)
2
decomposition(decline, collapse, deterioration, impairment, degeneration)
2
pit(noun, space, hole, hollow, pocket)
2
putridity(noun, decline, collapse, deterioration, decay)
2
putridness(decline, ruin, collapse, deterioration, impairment)
1
abscess
1
adulteration(decline, collapse, deterioration, impairment, degeneration)
1
atrophy(decline, ruin, collapse, failing, deterioration)
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