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calcify

verb
/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from calx — “lime, limestone”
  2. suffixed as calcify — “calcium + ify”

Definitions

  1. To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.

    • calcify tissue
    • calcify rapidly
    • calcify with age

  2. To make or become rigid or inflexible

    To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.

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Derived

anticalcifying, biocalcify, calcifiable, calcific, calcification, calcifier, decalcification, decalcify, noncalcifying, procalcifying, recalcification, recalcify

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