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biomineralization

noun

Etymology

From bio- + mineralization.

  1. derived from minerale
  2. derived from mineral
  3. inherited from mineral
  4. suffixed as mineralization — “mineral + ization”
  5. prefixed as biomineralization — “bio + mineralization”

Definitions

  1. The formation of hard mineral deposits within a living organism

    The formation of hard mineral deposits within a living organism; especially the process whereby bone and similar structural material is formed.

    • This process of ‘biomineralization’ is used today to reclaim gold from the Youanmi deposits of Western Australia.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biomineralization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA