uncalcified

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ calcified.

Adjective

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uncalcified (not comparable)

  1. Not calcified.
    • 1998 April 3, Mostafa Fatemi, James F. Greenleaf, “Ultrasound-Stimulated Vibro-Acoustic Spectrography”, in Science[1], volume 280, number 5360, →DOI, pages 82–85:
      The amplitude images are highly detailed and exhibit variations in acoustic emission from both calcified and uncalcified regions of the diseased artery.
    • 2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE[2], →DOI:
      Moreover, the lepralielliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is entirely calcified though perforated by numerous pseudopores, precludes these species from being affiliated with taxa having a microporelliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is uncalcified.