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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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
  3. n. tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
  4. n. an inflexible and unchanging state
  5. The process of chenge into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.
  6. The process of chenge into a stony or calcareous substance bythe deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of boneand teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.
  7. n:100 n. a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) n. tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts n. an inflexible and unchanging state