calcic
[kal-sik]
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adjective
pertaining to or containing lime or calcium.
Origin of calcic
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Recent observations relating to the action of soda upon calcic sulphates, calcic glucates, etc., are most important.
Calcic salt elimination from beet juices is a problem not yet satisfactorily solved.
In the former the calcic scales and crystals are distinct and quite as in L. tigrinum; in the latter they are cuboid, irregular.
The North American Slime-MouldsThomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
The lime must be pure, and is made by heating a carbonate which has been precipitated from calcic nitrate.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
To this distillate again a similar process may be used, substituting dry potassic carbonate for the calcic chloride.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
calcic
adjective
Word Origin for calcic
C19: from Latin calx lime
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calcic
[kăl′sĭk]
adj.
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