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calcification

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Etymology

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From calcify +‎ -ation.

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Noun

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calcification (countable and uncountable, plural calcifications)

  1. 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 the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
    • 1871, The Dental Cosmos, volume 13, page 84:
      An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen of calcification of the dental pulp.
    • 2012, Marcus Samuelsson, “One: My African Mother”, in Yes, Chef, Random House, →ISBN, page 6:
      It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.

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calcification m (plural calcifications)

  1. calcification

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