calcify

English

Etymology

From French calcifier, or from English calcium +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
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Verb

calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
    calcify tissue
    calcify rapidly
    calcify with age
    Over time, the arteries began to calcify.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.

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