calcification

uncountable

A noun referring to the process of hardening or impregnating tissue with calcium salts, or the resulting hardened state, which can also be used metaphorically to describe an inflexible condition.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее процесс затвердевания или пропитывания ткани солями кальция, или результирующее затвердевшее состояние, которое также может использоваться метафорически для описания негибкого состояния.

1. Process of calcium deposition C1 formal medical

   The process by which calcium or calcium salts accumulate in body tissues, often as part of normal bone formation or as a pathological condition.

   • Calcification of the arteries can lead to cardiovascular problems.
   • The doctor observed abnormal calcification in the patient's joints.
   • Normal bone growth requires proper calcification.

   🇷🇺Кальцификация

   Antonyms: decalcification

2. Hardened tissue C1 formal medical

   Tissue that has become hardened due to the deposition of lime salts, often making it less flexible or functional.

   • The X-ray revealed areas of calcification in the lung tissue.
   • Calcification in the breast can sometimes be a sign of early cancer.
   • The surgeon removed a small calcification from the kidney.

   🇷🇺Обызвествление

3. Rigid state of mind C2 informal

   A state of being inflexible, unchanging, or resistant to new ideas or developments.

   • His calcification of thought prevented him from accepting modern methods.
   • The company suffered from organizational calcification, refusing to innovate.
   • Intellectual calcification can hinder personal growth.

   🇷🇺Окостенение

   Synonyms: fossilizationhardeninginflexibilityossificationpetrificationrigiditystagnation

   Antonyms: adaptabilityflexibilityopenness

• calcifications plural form
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• calcification's possessive singular form