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CALCIFICATION
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I. (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:
An inflexible and unchanging state
Example:
the calcification of negotiations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("calcification" is a kind of...):
inaction; inactiveness; inactivity (the state of being inactive)
Derivation:
calcify (become inflexible and unchanging)
Sense 3
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)
Context examples:
It is characterized by the presence of myofibroblastic hyperchromatic spindle cells, hylanized stroma formation, calcification, necrosis, and a multinodular growth pattern.
(Myofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
Decreased calcification or density of bone tissue.
(Osteopenia, NCI Thesaurus)
This variant typically lacks nuclear palisading, wet keratin, calcification, and cholesterol deposits.
(Papillary Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
This gene plays a role in the prevention of vascular calcification.
(MGP Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of chondrocytes, a lobulated growth pattern, and calcification.
(Lung Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a well circumscribed tumor characterized by the presence of chondrocytes, a lobulated hyaline cartilage growth pattern, and in some cases calcification.
(Extraskeletal Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)
A cavernous hemangioma characterized by the presence of hylanized vascular channels and is often associated with the presence of calcifications, fibrosis, and hemorrhage.
(Giant Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
This is due to a process called calcification – the accumulation of calcium salts in said tissue.
(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A specimen that has undergone calcification.
(Calcified Specimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Having discovered the links between DNA damage, PAR, bone and artery calcification, the researchers then looked into a way of blocking this pathway through the use of a PARP inhibitor.
(Cause of hardening of the arteries – and potential treatment – identified, University of Cambridge)
