Calcification is often confused with ossification.
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Calcification
//ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "calcification" (8 found)
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13 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَكَلُّس noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Bulgarian
2 entries- втвърдяване noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
- калциране noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Catalan
1 entries- calcificació noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鈣化 /钙化 noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Czech
2 entries- kalcifikace noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
- zvápenatění noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Finnish
1 entries- kalkkeutuminen noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Galician
1 entries- calcificación noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Greek
1 entries- αποτιτάνωση noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Italian
1 entries- calcificazione noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Swedish
1 entries- förkalkning noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
Turkish
1 entries- kalsifikasyon noun (the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance)
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To counteract calcification, do mental gymnastics at Tatoeba.
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Medical experts say the only possible negative repercussion of using laboratory-produced elastin to repair tissue, is that it could cause inflammation or calcification.
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An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen of calcification of the dental pulp.
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