calcification

English

Etymology

From calcify +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

calcification (countable and uncountable, plural calcifications)

1. 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.
   • 1871, The Dental Cosmos, volume 13, page 84:

     An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen of calcification of the dental pulp.

   • 2012, Marcus Samuelsson, “One: My African Mother”, in Yes, Chef, Random House, →ISBN, page 6:

     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.

Derived terms

• anticalcification
• biocalcification
• decalcification
• dystrophic calcification
• hypercalcification
• hypocalcification
• macrocalcification
• microcalcification
• mictocalcification
• osteocalcification
• overcalcification
• procalcification
• recalcification

Translations

the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance

Arabic: تَكَلُّس (takallus) Bulgarian: калциране (kalcirane), втвърдяване (bg) (vtvǎrdjavane) Chinese: Mandarin: 鈣化 / 钙化 (zh) (gàihuà) Czech: zvápenatění n, kalcifikace (cs) f Finnish: kalkkeutuminen (fi) Galician: calcificación (gl) f Greek: αποτιτάνωση (el) f (apotitánosi) Italian: calcificazione f Swedish: förkalkning c Turkish: kalsifikasyon

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

calcification m (plural calcifications)

1. calcification

Further reading

• “calcification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.