cal·ci·fi·ca·tion (k l s -f -k  shn)n. 1. a. Impregnation with calcium or calcium salts, as with calcium carbonate. b. Hardening, as of tissue, by such impregnation. 2. A calcified substance or part. 3. An inflexible, unchanging state: calcification of negotiations. |
calcification [ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən]
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Pathol a tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
3. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) any calcified object or formation
| calcification (kls-f-kshn) 1. Medicine a. 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. b. A structure that has undergone calcification. 2. Geology a. The replacement of organic material, especially original hard material such as bone, with calcium carbonate during the process of fossilization. b. The accumulation of calcium in certain soils, especially soils of cool temperate regions where leaching takes place very slowly. |
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| Noun | 1. | calcification - a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved ossification - the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material |
| 2. | calcification - tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts hardening - abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue | |
| 3. | calcification - an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations" |
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