calcification

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

calcify

fossilization

hardening

ossification

petrifaction

petrification

bone formation

calcinosis

ochronosis

unchanging stage

bone mineralization

Vertalings

calcificazione

calcificación

calcification

calcificação

Verkalkung

calcificació

calcificatie

kireçleşme

kireçlenme

verkalking

αποτιτάνωση

articulation

Kalzifikation

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

From calcify + -ation.

Sinne

Duer has investigated the calcification of blood vessels that occurs when people age .