Calcification
Definitions
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 the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
Equivalents
8 more languages
Ελληνικάαποτιτάνωση
Suomikalkkeutuminen
Galegocalcificación
Bahasa Indonesiapengapuran
Polskizwapnienie
Svenskaförkalkning
Examples
“An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen of calcification of the dental pulp.”
“It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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