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Definition of Calcification

1. Noun. A process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts).

2. Noun. Tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts.

3. Noun. An inflexible and unchanging state. "The calcification of negotiations"

Definition of Calcification

1. n. 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.

Definition of Calcification

1. Noun. 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. ¹

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Definition of Calcification

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Medical Definition of Calcification

1. The process by which organic tissue becomes hardened by a deposit of calcium salts within its substance. Origin: L. Facere = to make. (21 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcification

calcic calcic water calcicole calcicoles calcicolous calcicosis calcidiol calcifediol calciferol calciferols

calciferous calcific calcific bursitis calcific pancreatitis calcification (current term) calcification lines of Retzius calcifications calcified calcified cartilage calcified liver metastases

calcifier calcifiers calcifies calciform calcifugal calcifuge calcifuges calcifugous calcify

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