Definitions for calcify

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calcify cal·ci·fy

Spelling: [kal-suh-fahy]

IPA: /ˈkæl səˌfaɪ/

Calcify is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in calcify (accfily).

Definitions for calcify

verb (used with or without object)

1. Physiology. to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
2. Geology. to harden by deposition of calcium carbonate.
3. to make or become rigid or intransigent, as in a political position.

Origin of calcify

First recorded in 1830-40; calci- + -fy

Examples for calcify

The permanent molars begin to calcify at the twenty-fifth week of fœtal life.

The underlying blood coagulates rapidly, and the periosteum begins to calcify within a few weeks, as shown by the X-ray.

My father did not achieve that for himself, as his arteries had started to calcify before he discovered the immortality vitamin.

The permanent incisors do not calcify until a year after birth.

Caseation forms cheesy masses, which may soften into tubercular pus, may calcify, and may become encapsulated by fibroid tissue.

At the fifth year the second permanent molars, and at the eighth year the third molars or wisdom teeth, begin to calcify.