calcigerous

English

Etymology

From Latin calcis (“genitive singular of calx (chalk, limestone)”) +‎ -gerous (“bearing”); compare calciferous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdʒəɹəs

Adjective

calcigerous (comparative more calcigerous, superlative most calcigerous)

1. Containing lime.
   • 1839, R. Harlan, letter to the editor, J. V. C. Smith (editor), The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 20, page 72,

     These calcigerous tubes do not run in a straight line, but their general tendency is a curvature upwards, and, in addition to which, each line or tube is distinctly waved in itself.

   • 1842, Richard Owen, Description of the Skeleton of an Extinct Gigantic Sloth: Mylodon robustus, Owen:

     The cement is traversed by numerous fine calcigerous tubes continued in many parts from those of the hard dentine, but having a less regular course, which is however generally at right angles to the surface: they terminate principally in minute branches, which form a rich plexus around the calcigerous cells with which they communicate.

   • 1963, Aerospace Medical Association, Aerospace Medicine‎^[1], volume 34, page 394:

     From 89-95 per cent of all urinary calculi are reported as being calcigerous in nature.^{12, 33}

Synonyms

• (containing lime): calciferous