What does calcify mean?
Calcify means (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts..
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/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ · verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts..
calcify tissue
calcify rapidly
calcify with age
Over time, the arteries began to calcify.
Use calcify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Calcify means (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include decalcify.
calcify tissue
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