单词 | calcification |
释义 | calcification /kal'seuh fi kay"sheuhn/, n. 1. a changing into lime. 2. Physiol. the deposition of lime or insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, as in a tissue. 3. Anat. , Geol. a calcified formation. 4. a soil process in which the surface soil is supplied with calcium in such a way that the soil colloids are always close to saturation. 5. a hardening or solidifying; rigidity: As the conflict developed, there was an increasing calcification of attitudes on both sides. [1840-50; CALCIFIC + -ATION] |
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