calcificationn.

/ˌkalsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < calcify v. (Latin *calcificāre ); see calcific adj. and -ation suffix; compare French calcification.

a. Conversion into lime; replacement of other matter by lime; the hardening of a structure, tissue, etc. by the deposit of salts of lime, as in the formation of teeth, and many forms of ‘petrifaction’.

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cornification1837

calcification1849

keratinization1887

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 876/1 As calcification of the tooth progresses towards its base.

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 229 The shells..differ from Rhynchonella chiefly in the calcification of the oral supports.

b. concrete (the result of calcifying.)

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calcification1869

1869 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1880) xxx. 289 A calcareous shell formed by calcifications within the walls of the first three cephalic segments.

1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 88 The sclerodermic coral..is an actual calcification of part of the tissues of the polype.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	calcification
释义	calcificationn. /ˌkalsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < calcify v. (Latin calcificāre ); see calcific adj. and -ation suffix; compare French calcification. a. Conversion into lime; replacement of other matter by lime; the hardening of a structure, tissue, etc. by the deposit of salts of lime, as in the formation of teeth, and many forms of ‘petrifaction’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > [noun] > calcified > calcification or cornification cornification1837 calcification1849 keratinization1887 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol.* IV. ii. 876/1 As calcification of the tooth progresses towards its base. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 229 The shells..differ from Rhynchonella chiefly in the calcification of the oral supports. b. concrete (the result of calcifying.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > [noun] > calcified calcification1869 1869 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1880) xxx. 289 A calcareous shell formed by calcifications within the walls of the first three cephalic segments. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 88 The sclerodermic coral..is an actual calcification of part of the tissues of the polype. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1849
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