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Calcification

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Word	Definition
completed	Finished.
beginsverb	(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
indurationnoun	The process of becoming hard.
sclerosisnoun	(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.
hardeningnoun	The process by which something hardens.
encrustationnoun	Alternative form of incrustation. [The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.]
ossificationnoun	The normal process by which bone is formed.
mineralizationnoun	(biology, medicine) The deposition of calcium salts as a normal process in bone metabolism.
fossilizationnoun	The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
consolidationnoun	The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
armoringnoun	Alternative form of armouring. [Armour or shielding.]
rigidificationnoun	(uncountable) The process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.
incrustationnoun	A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
lithificationnoun	(geology) The compaction and cementation of sediment into rock.
petrificationnoun	Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
cementationnoun	The act of cementing.
solidificationnoun	The action of solidifying.
calcitizationnoun	(geology) The conversion of a mineral (such as dolomite) into calcite
calcifiernoun	Something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.
biocalcificationnoun	(biochemistry) The biochemical production and subsequent accumulation of calcium carbonate to form hard tissue.