Calcification

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calcification \Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion\
     (k[a^]l`s[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. (Physiol.)
     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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calcification
       n 1: a process that impregnates something with calcium (or
            calcium salts)
       2: tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
       3: an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of
          negotiations"