Calcification
(Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion) n. (Physiol.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance
by the deposition of lime salt; — normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in
calcareous degeneration of tissue.
Calcified
(Cal"ci*fied) a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.
Calciform
(Cal"ci*form) a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + - form.] In the form of chalk or lime.
Calcify
(Cal"ci*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified (- fid); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] [L. calx, calcis,
lime + -fy.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
Calcify
(Cal"ci*fy), v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a
principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
Calcigenous
(Cal*cig"e*nous) a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -genouse.] (Chem.) Tending to form, or to
become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.
Calcigerous
(Cal*cig"er*ous) a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse.] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as,
the calcigerous cells of the teeth.
Calcimine
(Cal"ci*mine) n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other
plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water. [Also
spelt kalsomine.]
Calcimine
(Cal"ci*mine), v. t. [imp. &p. p. Calcimined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcimining.] To wash or
cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.
Calciminer
(Cal"ci*mi`ner) n. One who calcimines.
Calcinable
(Cal*cin"a*ble) a. That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.
Calcinate
(Cal"ci*nate) v. i. To calcine. [R.]
Calcination
(Cal`ci*na"tion) n. [F. calcination.]
1. (Chem.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of
heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate
of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.
2. The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.
Calcinatory
(Cal*cin"a*to*ry) n. A vessel used in calcination.
Calcine
(Cal*cine") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden ; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx,
calcis, lime. See Calx.]
1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by
means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine
bones.
2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
Calcine
(Cal*cine"), v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action
of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton.
Calciner
(Cal*cin"er) n. One who, or that which, calcines.
