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.
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Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
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The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane…
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To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
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To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
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