calcification

/kælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃɪn/

/kælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃɪn/

Other forms: calcifications

Definitions of calcification

1. noun

   a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
   types:

   ossification

   the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

   type of:

   chemical action, chemical change, chemical process

   (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
2. noun

   tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
   type of:

   hardening

   abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
3. noun

   an inflexible and unchanging state
   “the calcification of negotiations”

   type of:

   inaction, inactiveness, inactivity

   the state of being inactive