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calcification
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calcification [‚kal·sə·fə′kā·shən]
(geochemistry)
Any process of soil formation in which the soil colloids are saturated to a high degree with exchangeable calcium, thus rendering them relatively immobile and nearly neutral in reaction.
(physiology)
The deposit of calcareous matter within the tissues of the body.
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Atherosclerosis did not spare women; vascular calcifications were observed in both male and female mummies.
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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Lesion A is the most lateral lesion and demonstrates a cluster of calcifications of heterogeneous shape and density and an associated moderately dense mass with an irregular margin and some architectural distortion.
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