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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

Synonyms

All synonyms

arteriosclerosisatherosclerosishardeningpetrificationsclerosissetting

Example

More examples

"Calcification is often confused with ossification."

Etymology

From calcify + -ation.

Related phrases

dystrophic calcification

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