CALCIFICATION

calcification

(noun) a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)

calcification

(noun) an inflexible and unchanging state; “the calcification of negotiations”

calcification

(noun) tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

calcification (countable and uncountable, plural calcifications)

The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Source: Wiktionary


Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion, n. (Physiol.)

Definition: The process of chenge into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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