to calcify

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ossify

The cartilages become brittle, and in many instances are ossified; the ligaments are rendered harder, but are less capable of resisting extension.

become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
to make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime
become impregnated with calcium salts become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify
convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock" turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" become impregnated with calcium salts become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify
convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
become impregnated with calcium salts
turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
to become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts
to become hard, or make something hard, by adding lime (calx; CHALK)
{f} make calcareous; make rigid, make inflexible
To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth
to calcify

    Hyphenation

    to cal·ci·fy

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı kälsıfay

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈkalsəˌfī/ /tə ˈkælsəˌfaɪ/
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