Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calcification

3 senses of calcification

Sense 1
calcification -- (a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts))
       => chemical process, chemical change, chemical action -- ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Sense 2
calcification -- (tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts)
       => hardening -- (abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue)

Sense 3
calcification -- (an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations")
       => inaction, inactivity, inactiveness -- (the state of being inactive)