calcification

About 2.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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 the calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Similar words

completed begins induration sclerosis hardening encrustation ossification mineralization fossilization consolidation

Often followed by

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