calcification
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
(of bodily tissue) to become hardened due to the deposition of calcium salts
technicalA medical/biological process. Can occur in soft tissues, bones, or as a healing response to infections (like in tuberculosis).
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guāng光
piàn片
xiǎn显
shì示
tā他
de的
zhǔ主
dòng动
mài脉
bàn瓣
yǒu有
gài钙
huà化
xiàn现
xiàng象
。
The X-ray showed calcification in his aortic valve.
Fèi肺
jié结
hé核
de的
bìng病
zào灶
jīng经
guò过
gài钙
huà化
ér而
quán痊
yù愈
。
The tuberculosis lesion healed through calcification.
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Cháng长
qī期
yǐn饮
yòng用
yìng硬
shuǐ水
kě可
néng能
dǎo导
zhì致
shèn肾
jié结
shí石
huò或
xuè血
guǎn管
gài钙
huà化
。
Long-term consumption of hard water may lead to kidney stones or vascular calcification.
Lǎo老
nián年
rén人
de的
guān关
jié节
ruǎn软
gǔ骨
róng容
yì易
fā发
shēng生
tuì退
xíng行
xìng性
gài钙
huà化
。
Degenerative calcification easily occurs in the articular cartilage of the elderly.