calcified
Speech parts
1. calcified - Adjective
2. calcified - Verb
Derived from calcify
Meaning
Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.
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Also, highly calcified coccolithophorids have been found in conditions of low CO −3 contrary to predictions.
A few taxa experimented with different approaches to scale formation; some were only very weakly calcified and may have mainly been organic in nature.
Older men often have corpora amylacea citation ( amyloid ), dense accumulations of calcified proteinaceous material, in the ducts of their prostates.
When eye drops and lubricating gels failed to work their magic, she sought medical advice - only for doctors to discover hard, calcified lumps known as concretions buried under her eyelids.
Osteoblasts line up along the walls of these channels and begin depositing concentric lamellae of matrix, while osteoclasts dissolve the temporarily calcified cartilage.
The groups with the highest survival rates generally had active control of circulation, elaborate gas exchange mechanisms, and light calcification; more heavily calcified organisms with simpler breathing apparatus were the worst hit.