About The Word Calcification
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Calcification
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What's The Definition Of Calcification?
[n] a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
[n] an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations" [n] tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts Synonyms | Synonyms for Calcification: Related Terms | Find terms related to Calcification: See Also | chemical action | chemical change | chemical process | hardening | inaction | inactiveness | inactivity | ossification Calcification In Webster's Dictionary \Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion\
(k[a^]l`s[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. (Physiol.)
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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