calcification
[ kal-suh-fi-key-shuh n ]
/ ˌkæl sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
noun
a changing into lime.
Physiology. the deposition of lime or insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, as in a tissue.
Anatomy, Geology. a calcified formation.
a soil process in which the surface soil is supplied with calcium in such a way that the soil colloids are always close to saturation.
a hardening or solidifying; rigidity: As the conflict developed, there was an increasing calcification of attitudes on both sides.
RELATED WORDS
freezing, coagulation, concretion, setting, petrification, fossilization, crystallization, ossification
Nearby words
- calcicole,
- calcicosis,
- calciferol,
- calciferous,
- calcific,
- calcified,
- calcifuge,
- calcify,
- calcimine,
- calcinable
Origin of calcification
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calcification
/ (ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /
noun
the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
pathol a tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
any calcified object or formation
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calcification
[ kăl′sə-fĭ-kā′shən ]
n.
Impregnation with calcium or calcium salts.calcareous infiltration
Hardening, as of tissue, by such impregnation.
A calcified substance or part.
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calcification
[ kăl′sə-fĭ-kā′shən ]
Medicine
- 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.
- A structure that has undergone calcification.
Geology
- 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.
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