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decalcification

[ dee-kal-suh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of decalcifying.
  2. the loss of calcium or calcium compounds, as from bone or soil.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of decalcification1

First recorded in 1855–60; decalci(fy) + -fication
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Example Sentences

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Initial evaluations of the animal found she had 10 pathological fractures, or breaks caused by weak bones, which veterinarians said occurred because of the decalcification of her bones.

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But until now, there wasn’t definitive proof the water’s acidity was causing decalcification.

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B, Single zooid with the adjacent soft tissues as seen after removal of the skeleton by decalcification.

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It consists in the decalcification of mature bone, with the advancing diminution of the compact portion of bone by absorption.

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In early childhood the processes of calcification and decalcification proceed side by side and with great rapidity, and in health there is always a balance on the side of the constructive process.

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