[1860–65; calci- + -fic]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, monism, pop-up, raider, trade name
Examples of 'calcific' in a sentence
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On transbronchial lung biopsy calcific spherules suggestive of the alveolar microlithiasis were seen.
Talluri MR 2011, 'Sandstorm in the chest?', Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Carehttp://www.swjpcc.com/pulmonary/2011/7/9/sandstorm-in-the-chest.html?SSScrollPosition=198. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ultrasound diagnosed disorders include tendinopathy, calcific tendinitis, partial and full thickness tears, and subacromial bursitis.
Cals Jochen WL, Winkens Bjorn, Weijers René E, Walenkamp Geert HIM, Joore ManuelaA, Ottenheijm Ramon PG, de Bie Rob A, Dinant Geert-Jan 2011, 'The Maastricht Ultrasound Shoulder pain trial (MUST): Ultrasound imaging as a diagnostictriage tool to improve management of patients with non-chronic shoulder pain in primarycare', BMC Musculoskeletal Disordershttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/12/154. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There are no rigorously confirmed effective medical therapies for calcific aortic stenosis.
Robert M Weiss, Donald D Lund, Yi Chu, Robert M Brooks, Kathy A Zimmerman, Ramzi ElAccaoui, Melissa K Davis, Georges P Hajj, M Bridget Zimmerman, Donald D Heistad 2013, 'Osteoprotegerin inhibits aortic valve calcification and preserves valve function inhypercholesterolemic mice.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3675204?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The clinical diagnosis of calcific uremic arteriolopathy relies on high index of suspicion.
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Ali Albaghli, Adel Michael, Khaled Refaat, Mohammad Omar, AhmadIbrahim, Bahaa Elmenshawy, Ashraf Maher, Rasha Alramah, Sami Mikhail, Mustafa Almahmid,Husain Alenezi, Yahya Elshebiney 2018, 'A Rare Case of Multiorgan Calciphylaxis in a Patient with Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease',Case Reports in Urologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9603680. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moderate retinopathy was more common with lipid (p = 0.05) or calcific (p = 0.003) plaque.
A. Wightman, P. Barlis, M. MacBain, L. Hodgson, L. Cheng, S. Gocuk, U. Hayat, D. Chow,M. Tacey, A. Hutchinson, D. Colville, E. Lamoureux, J. Savige 2019, 'Small vessel disease and intracoronary plaque composition: a single centre cross-sectionalobservational study', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-019-39989-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Current treatment for calcific tendonitis consists of arm rest, antiinflammatory medications, and corticosteroid injections.
Georgios Papadopoulos, Alexandros Mavrodontidis, Antonia Liarmakopoulou, Petros Tzimas,Georgios Angelidakis, Panagiotis Koulouvaris, Anastasios Petrou 2018, 'Electroacupuncture for the Treatment of Calcific Tendonitis. A Pilot Study', Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studieshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290117300493. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The clinical group consisted of 120 patients with calcific tendinitis of supraspinatustendon.
S. S. Strafun, О. S. Strafun, S. V. Bohdan 2017, 'Results of treatment of the calcific tendinitis of the shoulder supraspinatus muscletendon', Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnalhttp://zmj.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/115257/113469. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The poorly defined calcific deposition was found in plain radiograph.
Eui-Chan Jang, Han-Jun Lee, Seong Hwan Kim, Yoon-Ho Kwak 2017, 'Arthroscopic treatment of symptomatic calcific periarthritis on the medial side ofthe knee after posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Case report and literaturereview', Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcicahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X17301992. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Higher calcific content of proximal more than distal lesions was defined as well.
Helmy Hassan Elghawaby, Mohamed Ashraf Shawky, Ahmed Hossam Mowafi, Akram MohamedAbd-elbary, Farouk Mostafa Faris 2018, 'Tissue characterization of non-culprit intermediate coronary lesions in non ST elevationacute coronary syndromes', Egyptian Heart Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260816301703. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cerebral atrophy, infarcts, cysts and calcific foci were present in 30% of patients.
Praniel Bennimahadeo, Jaynund Maharajh 2016, 'The prevalence of abnormal findings in screening CT brains performed on patients admittedwith psychiatric symptoms', South African Journal of Radiologyhttps://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/976. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)