CALCIUM
\kˈalsi͡əm], \kˈalsiəm], \k_ˈa_l_s_iə_m]\
Definitions of CALCIUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
By Princeton University
-
a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
A basic element found in nearly all organized tissues. It is a member of the alkaline earth family of metals with the atomic symbol Ca, atomic number 20, and atomic weight 40. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body and combines with phosphorus to form calcium phosphate in the bones and teeth. It is essential for the normal functioning of nerves and muscles and plays a role in blood coagulation (as factor IV) and in many enzymatic processes.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
A metallic dyad element, of a lustrous yellow color, symbol Ca, atomic weight 40.09. The oxide of calcium is an alkaline earth, CaO, quick lime, which on the addition of water becomes calcium hydrate, Ca (OH)2, slaked lime. Several of the salts of calcium are employed in medicine.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
-
A silvery white metallic element; of the sp. gr. of 1.8; decomposing water when brought in contact with it; bivalent. Symbol, Ca. Atomic weight 40.1. Its salts are widely distributed in mineral deposits and in plant and animal life. Among the more common salts of. calcium are: calcii bromid; calcii carbonas precipitatis; calcii chloridum; calcii hydras [Br.]; calcii hypophosphis; calcii phosphas precipitatis; calcii sulphas exsiccatus, commonly known as plaster of Paris. There are numerous preparations of these salts, none of which are important therapeutically,
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
