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What is the noun for calcification?

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calcium
  1. A chemical element, atomic number 20, that is an alkaline earth metal and occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
  2. (countable) An atom of this element.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Also, go easy on how much protein you eat, since large amounts can block calcium absorption.”
      “Their roots will penetrate cracks in the rock and produce an organic acid that dissolves calcium carbonate.”
      “There is plenty of highly absorbable calcium in green leafy vegetables, beans, enriched flour, and fortified juices.”
calciobetafite
  1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral reddish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, niobium, oxygen, thorium, titanium, and uranium.
calciphylaxis
  1. A syndrome of vascular calcification, thrombosis and skin necrosis, seen almost exclusively in patients with chronic kidney disease.
calcification
  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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  3. Examples:
    1. “Calcareous nannoplankton, although stimulated toward diversification, was obviously less efficient in calcification.”
      “An early phenotypic alteration in these mice is a cardiomyopathy with calcification and altered mitochondrial appearance.”
      “Charophytes are prone to calcification and have left an abundant fossil record up to the Cretaceous, and perhaps beyond.”
calcioferrite
  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
calciosome
calciouranoite
  1. (mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, sodium, and uranium.
calcite
  1. (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Even the arsenic mine at Shimen, Hunan Province, is still the source of minor amounts of good realgar, orpiment, and calcite.”
      “The calcite produces white streaks in the lapis and too much calcite will lower the value of the stone.”
      “The siltstones are composed of angular quartz and rare feldspar, set in a finer matrix that locally contains some calcite.”
calcioaravaipaite
  1. (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
calcilytic
  1. Any antagonist of a calcium-sensing receptor; especially such a drug used for the treatment of osteoporosis
calcioburbankite
  1. (mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral that includes calcium, carbon, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.
calciohilairite
  1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.
calciocopiapite
  1. (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
calciotantite
  1. (mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.
calcitriol
  1. (biochemistry) The active metabolite 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol of vitamin D3 that is involved in the absorption of calcium
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Pharmaceutical drug forms of activated vitamin D include calcitriol, doxercalciferol, and calcipotriene.”
      “All vit D metabolites bind the VDRs, but most of the biological effects are likely mediated by calcitriol due to its greater receptor affinity.”
      “It is further converted in the kidneys to calcitriol, the powerful active form of the vitamin that acts as a hormone.”
calcimedin
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of calcium-dependent proteins that bind phospholipids
calcinosis
  1. The abnormal deposition of calcium salts in the soft tissue of the body
  2. Examples:
    1. “Physical therapy is directed at preventing atrophy and contractures, and is particularly necessary in patients with calcinosis and muscle involvement.”
      “Vinpocetine has successfully reversed tumoral calcinosis in hemodialysis patients with renal failure.”
      “The first clinical differential diagnoses were cutaneous SLE, nephrogenous dermatopathy, calciphylaxis, and calcinosis.”
calciborite
  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing boron, calcium, and oxygen.
calcioandyrobertsite
  1. (mineralogy) A form of andyrobertsite in which calcium is substituted for cadmium.
calcimimetic
  1. Any drug that mimics the action of calcium on tissues.
calciuria
  1. (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level)
calcifier
  1. something which calcifies; an agent of calcification
calciuresis
  1. (pathology) Tge excretion of calcium in the urine
  2. Examples:
    1. “The mainstay of therapy is hydration and calciuresis with IV normal saline and furosemide and intravenous bisphosphonate therapy.”
calcinemia
  1. (pathology) The presence of calcium (ions) in the blood
calcinuria
  1. (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine
calcifications
calcioferrites
  1. plural of calcioferrite
calcimimetics
  1. plural of calcimimetic
calcinoses
  1. plural of calcinosis
calcilytics
  1. plural of calcilytic
calcimedins
  1. plural of calcimedin
calciosomes
  1. plural of calciosome
calcifiers
  1. plural of calcifier
calciums
  1. plural of calcium
calcites
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