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Definition of Calcific
1. Adjective. Involving or resulting from 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
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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