calcification

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English calcify
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English calcification

    From calcify + -ation.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • 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.

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    French

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kal.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
    • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

    Noun

    calcification m (plural calcifications)

    1. calcification

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