Calcification

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

3. Noun

a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
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