calcifyv.
/ˈkalsɪfʌɪ/ Physiology.
1. transitive. To convert into lime; to replace other matter by lime; to harden by the deposit of lime.
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1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 42 Each layer was successively calcified..and thrown off by the mantle to unite with those previously formed.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. iii. 97 The stones are gradually dissolved, and serve to calcify and harden the new skin.
2. intransitive. To become calcified; see sense 1.
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the world > life > biology > substance > [verb (intransitive)] > hardened or horny
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1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. (1873) 3 The edges of the front teeth first assume their full dimensions in the form of pulp, and then calcify.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 259 The fibrin calcifies, becoming a fixed, continuous stone-like mass.
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ˈcalcified adj.
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the world > life > biology > substance > [adjective] > hardened or horny
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 116/1 The chorion of the ova is generally thin or coriaceous, seldom calcified or hard.
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 315 Covered with calcified papillæ.
ˈcalcifying n. and adj.
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the world > life > biology > substance > [adjective] > hardened or horny
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1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 381/2 The calcifying fluid from which the shell is formed.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 233 The calcifying processes continue to deposit shelly material.
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