calcification

UK: /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ US: (kal′sə fi kā′shən)

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cal•ci•fi•ca•tion  (kal′sə fi kā′shən), n. 

1. Geology a changing into lime.
2. Physiology the deposition of lime or insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, as in a tissue.
3. Geology [Anat., Geol.] a calcified formation.
4. Geology 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.

• calcific + -ation 1840–50

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calcification / ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun

1. the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
2. a tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
3. any calcified object or formation