calcification

incontable

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.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el proceso de endurecimiento o impregnación de un tejido con sales de calcio, o el estado endurecido resultante; también se usa metafóricamente para referirse a una condición rígida o inflexible.

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.

   🇪🇸Calcificación

   Antónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸Calcificación

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.

   🇪🇸Endurecimiento mental

   Sinónimos: fossilizationhardeninginflexibilityossificationpetrificationrigiditystagnation

   Antónimos: adaptabilityflexibilityopenness

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• calcification's possessive singular form