calcification

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
  2. noun tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
  3. noun an inflexible and unchanging state

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
chemical process
Narrower (hyponyms)
ossification

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