calcification

calcification

English

Etymology

From calcify +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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 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.

Derived terms

• biocalcification
• decalcification
• dystrophic calcification
• macrocalcification
• microcalcification
• mictocalcification
• recalcification

 

Translations

the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance

Bulgarian: калциране (kalcirane), втвърдяване (bg) (vtvǎrdjavane) Czech: zvápenatění n, kalcifikace (cs) f Galician: calcificación (gl) f Greek: αποτιτάνωση (el) f (apotitánosi) Italian: calcificazione f

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French

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Noun

calcification m (plural calcifications)

1. calcification

Further reading

• “calcification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.