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Definition of Decalcifies
1. decalcify [v] - See also: decalcify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decalcifies
Literary usage of Decalcifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1900)
"157) fixes Ophiothrix for an hour or two in 0'5 per cent. osmic acid and then
decalcifies in solution of Miiller for six to ten days. ..."
2. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Zoölogical Micro-technique by Michael Frederic Guyer (1917)
"It decalcifies well but acts more slowly than the 10 per cent nitric-acid mixture.
... It stains and decalcifies the tissue at the same time. ..."
3. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Bolles Lee (1913)
"Mus. Cump. Zool. Harvard Coll., liii, 1909, p. 215. STEIN (Anat. Anz., xvii,
1900, p. 398) decalcifies in ..."
4. A Text-book of histology by Alexander A.. Böhm, M. von Davidoff (1904)
"This fluid is changed daily and decalcifies small objects in a few days. ...
This fluid decalcifies very slowly, and must either be changed daily or a small ..."
5. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Microscopical Methods by Michael Frederic Guyer (1906)
"It decalcifies well but acts more slowly than the 10 per cent, nitric acid mixture.
... It stains and decalcifies the tissue at the same time. ..."
6. Modern ophthalmology: A Practical Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, and by James Moores Ball (1908)
"Phloroglucin 1.0 Nitric acid 5.0 Alcohol 70.0 Distilled water 30.0 The above
solution decalcifies rapidly. The time required for complete décalcification ..."
7. Introduction to Elementary Practical Biology: A Laboratory Guide for High by Charles Wright Dodge (1894)
"Hardens tissues in two or three hours to a day, according to the size of the
piece, and decalcifies bony structures. Remove the excess of picric acid by ..."
8. Medical Diagnosis: Special Diagnosis of Internal Medicine by Wilhelm Olivier von Leube, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1904)
"... the basic substance of the bone decalcifies more and more, becoming homogeneous,
thready or even mucous, and the medullary substance hyperplastic, ..."
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