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calcification

English

Etymology

From calcify +? -ation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kæls?f??ke???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

calcification (countable and uncountable, plural calcifications)

  1. The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Noun

calcification m (plural calcifications)

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ochronosis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ochronosis, from Ancient Greek ????? (?khrós, “pale yellow, sallow”) +? Ancient Greek ????? (nósos, “sickness, disease, plague”) +? -osis (“disease, condition”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.k??(?)?n??.s?s/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?o?.k???no?.s?s/
  • Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

ochronosis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, pharmacology) Abnormal brown pigmentation of tissue (especially cartilage and ligaments), specifically that resulting from the accumulation of a melanin-like pigment derived from homogentisic acid in the metabolic disorder alkaptonuria.

References

  • “ochronosis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “ochronosis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

ochronosis From the web:

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  • does ochronosis go away
  • how do you treat ochronosis
  • can ochronosis be cured
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