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Webster 1913 Edition


Calcification

Calˊci-fi-ca′tion

(kălˊsĭ-fĭ-kā′shŭn)
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Noun.
(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.