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calcification 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
  2. tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
  3. an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"
  4. Calcification is the process in which calcium salts build up in soft tissue, causing it to harden. Calcifications may be classified on whether there is mineral balance or not, and the location of the calcification.
  5. (Calcifications) Portions of tissue (host, parasite) that become hardened by the deposition of calcium salts; may be visible on radiographic studies (toxoplasmosis, cysticercosis, trichinosis, schistosomiasis).
  6. (Calcifications) Tiny flecks of calcium frequently seen on screening mammograms.
  7. (calcified) made stony by deposition of calcium salts
  8. (Calcified) the incorperation of calcium into the shell of an egg. Over-calcified eggs have too much calcium, and under-calcified eggs have too little (neither has a good chance of success).
  9. (calcified (adj)) Changed from its original form to a hard, stony substance due to the deposit of lime or calcium salts
  10. the process by which corals extract calcium from seawater and create calcium carbonate.
  11. Process whereby the soil is kept sufficiently supplied with calcium to saturate the soil cation exchange sites.
  12. Process by which organic tissue becomes hardened by a deposit of calcium salts within its substance.
  13. The deposit of calcium associated with certain types of tumors, such as meningiomas, astrocytomas, or oligodendrogliomas.
  14. A process that occurs when tissue or noncellular material in the body becomes hardened by deposits of calcium salts. [See: Fluoride & Osteoarthritis | Fluorosis & Spondylosis/Spondylitis | Fluorosis & DISH ]
  15. The body's attempt to render invading bacteria harmless by coating them with calcium. This can result in prostate stones which may cause problems of their own. Small stones may migrate out of the prostate into the urethra causing "sand" in the urine.
  16. A condition in which calcium abnormally builds up in tissue.
  17. The process of building bone by suffusing tissues with calcium salts. Also called ossification.
  18. refers to the process where tissue hardens due to calcium salt deposits. Calcification occurs in arteries and plays a role in atherosclerosis.
  19. The strengthening and hardening of a bone in areas where calcium has been deposited.
  20. a process in which tissue becomes hardened as a result of deposition of insoluble salts; can signify local tumor presence
  21. The formation of calcium carbonate on the walls or pipes, or in a heater due to the precipitation of calcium carbonate.
  22. A hardening of tissue or becoming inflexible through the deposits of calcium salts.
  23. A soil process where the surface soil is combined with calcium by the decomposition of plants, especially if a calcareous layer is formed. See also: podzolization.