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calcic |
calcicolous |
calciferol |
calciferous |
calcific |
calcification
| calcified
| calciform
| calcifugous
| calcify
| calcigenous
calcification
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun calcification has 3 senses
- calcification(n = noun.process) Array - a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts); Array is a kind of chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
- calcification(n = noun.state) Array - tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts; Array is a kind of hardening
- calcification(n = noun.state) Array - an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations" is a kind of inaction, inactiveness, inactivity
has particulars: ossification
Derived form verb calcify1
Derived forms verb calcify3, verb calcify1
Derived form verb calcify2
CIDE DICTIONARY
calcification, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
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