cretificationn.
/ˌkriːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Deposition of salts of lime in a tissue of the animal body; calcareous degeneration.
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depravation1661
cretification1849
histolysis1853
steatosis1860
cretifaction1873
fibrosis1873
hyalinosis1876
fibrosing1879
sarcomatosis1890
tyrosis1896
hyaline degeneration1897
amyloidosis1900
pseudoxanthoma1900
blastophthoria1908
hyalinization1919
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 537/2 Its appearances sometimes approximate to those of the cretification.
1874 C. H. Jones & E. H. Sieveking Man. Pathol. Anat. 64 Saline earthy matter may be deposited..inducing a state..named cretification.
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