Calcify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Calcify is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
Meaning
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
More Meanings
- (figuratively, by extension) To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.
Example Sentences
calcify tissue
calcify rapidly
calcify with age
Over time, the arteries began to calcify.
Word Forms
- calcifies
- calcifying
- calcified
Antonyms for calcify
Common opposites include decalcify.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cretify, indurate, solidify, firm, encrust, inlapidate.
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