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Calcification

//ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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 the calcareous degeneration of tissue. countable, uncountable

    "An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen of calcification of the dental pulp."

  2. 2
    a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) wordnet
  3. 3
    an inflexible and unchanging state wordnet
  4. 4
    tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts wordnet

Etymology

From calcify + -ation.

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