Associations to the word «Calcification»

Wiktionary

CALCIFICATION, noun. 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 calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Dictionary definition

CALCIFICATION, noun. A process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts).
CALCIFICATION, noun. Tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts.
CALCIFICATION, noun. An inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.