Medical Definition of Metastatic calcification

1. Calcification occurring in nonosseous, viable tissue (i.e., tissue that is not degenerated or necrotic), as in the stomach, lungs, and kidneys (and rarely in other sites); the cells of these organs secrete acid materials, and, under certain conditions in instances of hypercalcaemia, the alteration in pH seems to cause precipitation of calcium salts in these sites. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metastatic Calcification

metastasised
metastasises
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metastasizing
metastasizing septicaemia
metastastic
metastate
metastates
metastatic
metastatic abscess
metastatic brain tumour
metastatic breast cancer
metastatic calcification (current term)
metastatic cancer
metastatic cancer to the lung
metastatic carcinoid syndrome
metastatic carcinoma
metastatic choroiditis
metastatic lung cancer
metastatic mumps
metastatic ophthalmia
metastatic pneumonia
metastatic retinitis
metastatic spread
metastatic tumor
metastatically
metastatogenesis

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