calcification Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
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noun tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
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noun an inflexible and unchanging state
- the calcification of negotiations
WordNet
Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion noun
Definitions
(Physiol.) The process of chenge into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.