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Noun
  1. 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.
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Charophytes are prone to calcification and have left an abundant fossil record up to the Cretaceous, and perhaps beyond.
The calcification of the Barnes had begun, at the hand of yet another form of regional neurosis.
Based on the CT scans, a scoring system for coronary artery calcification involving the four major epicardial coronary arteries was determined.
Calcareous nannoplankton, although stimulated toward diversification, was obviously less efficient in calcification.
The most frequent cause of broncholithiasis is calcification of lymph nodes secondary to tuberculosis or histoplasmosis.
Both caseation and calcification are highly suggestive of a tubercular etiology, neither being common in malignancy related lymphadenopathy.

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