calcification

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calcification - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Calcification \Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion\
     (k[a^]l`s[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. (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.
     [1913 Webster]

calcification - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calcification
      n 1: a process that impregnates something with calcium (or
           calcium salts)
      2: tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
      3: an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of
         negotiations"