Definition of Calcific

1. Adjective. Involving or resulting from calcification.

Partainyms: Calcification

Definition of Calcific

1. a. Calciferous. Specifically: (Zoöl.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.

Definition of Calcific

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to calcification ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the formation of eggshells in birds and reptiles ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calcific

1. containing salts of calcium [adj]

Medical Definition of Calcific

1. Forming or depositing calcium salts. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcific

calci-
calcia
calcian
calciborite
calcic
calcic water
calcicole
calcicoles
calcicolous
calcicosis
calcidiol
calcifediol
calciferol
calciferols
calciferous
calcific (current term)
calcific bursitis
calcific pancreatitis
calcification
calcification lines of Retzius
calcifications
calcified
calcified cartilage
calcified liver metastases
calcifier
calcifiers
calcifies
calciform
calcifugal

Literary usage of Calcific

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"calcific placques are found in the neighborhood of the bone. The loose connective tissue described above is continuous with the connective tissue area ..."

2. The Practice of Dentistry: A Practical Treatise Upon the Generalpractice of by Leo Greenbaum, Max Greenbaum (1912)
"... down of calcific material is a "favorite method of repair on the part of the pulp." Just how these deposits take place is not determined. ..."

3. Dental Surgery, Including Special Anatomy & Pathology: A Manual for Students by Henry Ezekiel Sewill, W. J. England (1901)
"He holds that formation of enamel is effected by the deposit of an albumen- like, calcific-bearing material in an organic stroma, reticulum or basis ..."

4. Transactions of the Odontological Society of Pennsylvania by Odontological Society of Pennsylvania (1895)
"The older writers generally regarded the free calcific growths in the pulp ... The exact nature of this calcific degeneration of the connective tissue of ..."

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