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calcify
UK /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ US /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calcify tissue
calcify rapidly
2
To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.
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