DECALCIFICATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Loss of calcium from bones or teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("decalcification" 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)

Derivation:

decalcify (lose calcium or calcium compounds)

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