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Webster 1913 Edition
Calcification
Calˊci-fi-ca′tion
(kălˊsĭ-fĭ-kā′shŭn)
, 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.
Definition 2024
calcification
calcification
English
Noun
calcification (countable and uncountable, plural calcifications)
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance
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