calcify

English

Verb

calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)

1. (transitive) to make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts
2. (intransitive) to become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts

Related terms

• calculus
• ossify

Translations

transitive

Bulgarian: калцирам (bg), втвърдявам (bg) Finnish: kalkita (fi)

Italian: calcificare (it) Russian: превращать в известь (ru)

intransitive

Bulgarian: калцирам се (bg), втвърдявам се (bg) Finnish: kalkkeutua (fi), kalkkiutua (fi)

Italian: calcificarsi (it) Russian: превращаться в известь (ru), отвердевать (ru)

Derived terms

• calcifier
• calcification