Without a filling, the decay can get deep into the tooth and its nerves and cause a toothache or abscess.

Simple dental decay (caries) does not cause fever.

Extensive decay and dead nerves may also cause some discoloration.

Seven days later, the decay of the orbit caused the satellite to re-enter and burn in the atmosphere.

The junk had been stacked any which way, and decay had caused even that rudimentary organization to sprawl in chaos.

Precisely when natural decay of tritium causes the weapons to cease functioning as effective hydrogen bombs is top secret.

However, fire scars serve as entry points for decay-causing fungi, and the resulting decay can cause serious losses.

Eventually the decay can cause instability and cause the structure to collapse.

Radioactive decay causes atoms of one element to transmute into atoms of a different element.

The decay of this excited state[ ] to a lower energy level causes light emission.