calcification
noun
a changing into lime.
calcifications
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pluralof calcification.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“One of the reasons why clinicians use this is because there is data that shows when there are coronary calcifications patients are more likely to take medications and to adopt other preventive therapies,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
“No significant masses, calcifications or other findings are seen in either breast.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
The complete absence of coronary calcifications, on the other hand, is a good indicator of the absence of advanced atherosclerosis.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
If Cespedes’s assertion on Friday is true — that painful calcifications in his heels cause his chronic leg problems, and only surgery can fix it — he should not be playing.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2018
Flesh inside the cracked opened shells was examined by clammers who hoped to find roundish, calcifications that had formed over little grains of sand.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2015
