CALCIFICATION
\kˌalsɪfɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \kˌalsɪfɪkˈeɪʃən], \k_ˌa_l_s_ɪ_f_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CALCIFICATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"
By Princeton University
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an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Impregnation of tissues with lime salts.
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Deposition of calcium-salts in the tissues.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The deposit of calcareous material in a tissue, blood vessel, gland, or organ.
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The precipitation of calcium in the secretions and excretions, resulting in the formation of concretions. These lime salts consist of magnesium and calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate, and are deposited in tubercles, thrombi, tumors, and thickened arteries. [Lat]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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