CALCIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calcification mean? 

• CALCIFICATION (noun)
  The noun CALCIFICATION has 3 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: CALCIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALCIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("calcification" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calcification"):

ossification (the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material)

Derivation:

calcify (become impregnated with calcium salts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("calcification" is a kind of...):

hardening (abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue)

Derivation:

calcify (turn into lime; become calcified)

calcify (become impregnated with calcium salts)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An inflexible and unchanging state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the calcification of negotiations

Hypernyms ("calcification" is a kind of...):

inaction; inactiveness; inactivity (the state of being inactive)

Derivation:

calcify (become inflexible and unchanging)

 Context examples 

It is a well circumscribed tumor characterized by the presence of chondroblasts, osteoclast-like giant cells, myxoid stroma formation, calcification, and mitotic activity.

(Chondroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital developmental disorder characterized by the presence of stippled foci of calcification in the hyaline cartilage, joint contractions, mental retardation and ichthyosis.

(Chondrodysplasia Punctata, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples include inflammation, calcification, and dental pulp exposure.

(Dental Pulp Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare syndrome characterized by vascular calcification and skin necrosis.

(Calciphylaxis, NCI Thesaurus)

Desmoplasia, calcifications, and bone formation may also be present.

(Calcifying Nested Epithelial Stromal Tumor of the Liver, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a poorly circumscribed tumor characterized by the presence of chondrocyte-like cells, nodular calcification, nuclear palisading, and in some cases osteoclastic giant cells.

(Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

The ghost cells may undergo calcification.

(Calcifying Cystic Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of fibroblasts, lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates, collagenous stroma formation, psammoma bodies, and dystrophic calcifications.

(Calcifying Fibrous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by ossification of ligaments resulting in calcifications along the sides of the spinal vertebrae.

(Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of chondrocytes, low mitotic activity, and in some cases, a nodular pattern and calcification.

(Enchondroma, NCI Thesaurus)