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cal⋅ci⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion

  [kal-suh-fi-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a changing into lime.
2. Physiology. the deposition of lime or insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, as in a tissue.
3. Anatomy, Geology. a calcified formation.
4. a soil process in which the surface soil is supplied with calcium in such a way that the soil colloids are always close to saturation.
5. a hardening or solidifying; rigidity: As the conflict developed, there was an increasing calcification of attitudes on both sides.
Origin:
1840–50; calcific + -ation
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cal·ci·fi·ca·tion   (kāl'sə-fĭ-kā'shən)   
n.  

    1. Impregnation with calcium or calcium salts, as with calcium carbonate.

    2. Hardening, as of tissue, by such impregnation.

  2. A calcified substance or part.

  3. An inflexible, unchanging state: calcification of negotiations.

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Main Entry: cal·ci·fi·ca·tion
Pronunciation: "kal-s&-f&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : impregnation withcalcareous matter: as a : deposition of calcium salts within the matrix of cartilage often as the preliminary step in the formation of bone —compare OSSIFICATION 1a b : abnormal deposition of calcium salts within tissue
2 : a calcifiedstructure or part
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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calcification cal·ci·fi·ca·tion (kāl'sə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.

  1. Impregnation with calcium or calcium salts. Also called calcareous infiltration.

  2. Hardening, as of tissue, by such impregnation.

  3. A calcified substance or part.

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