The process of change into astony orcalcareous substance by thedeposition oflime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in thecalcareous degeneration of tissue.
1871,The Dental Cosmos, volume13, page84:
An examination of the tooth shows a beautiful specimen ofcalcification of the dental pulp.
It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with herthrowup; thecalcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.
