Calcification definition
A calcifying; specif., the deposition of calcium salts in bodily tissues.
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A calcified substance or part.
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An inflexible, unchanging state.
Calcification of negotiations.
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Impregnation with calcium or calcium salts, as with calcium carbonate.
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Hardening, as of tissue, by such impregnation.
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A calcified substance or structure.
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A calcified substance or part.
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Impregnation with calcium or calcium salts, as with calcium carbonate.
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Hardening, as of tissue, by such impregnation.
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The accumulation of calcium or calcium salts in a body tissue. Calcification normally occurs in the formation of bone, but can be deposited abnormally, as in the lungs.
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A structure that has undergone calcification.
The replacement of organic material, especially original hard material such as bone, with calcium carbonate during the process of fossilization.
The accumulation of calcium in certain soils, especially soils of cool temperate regions where leaching takes place very slowly.
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.
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Singular:
calcification
Plural:
calcificationsOrigin of calcification
- From calcify + -ation.
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