Calcarious

//kælˈkɛəɹi.əs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    having calcium carbonate; chalky not-comparable

    "At the top of the left ventricle, in the substance of the fleshy fibres, there was a concretion of calcarious phosphate, of a rounded form, and about the size of a small nut."

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"At the top of the left ventricle, in the substance of the fleshy fibres, there was a concretion of calcarious phosphate, of a rounded form, and about the size of a small nut."

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