n 1  :  the series of events or stages comprising a natural process <the of a disease>   2  :  a series of doses or medications administered over a designated period <a of three doses daily for five days>  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  car·ies  car·i·ous  coarse  co·ry·za 
 
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