DECALCIFY
\dɪkˈalsɪfˌa͡ɪ], \dɪkˈalsɪfˌaɪ], \d_ɪ_k_ˈa_l_s_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of DECALCIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
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To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
By Noah Webster.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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To soften bone specimens for histological or pathological study by a solution of hydrochloric, nitric, or other acids.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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