calcification

noun

1. a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)

   noun.process

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts

   noun.state

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. an inflexible and unchanging state

   noun.state

   Examples

   The calcification of negotiations.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

   noun

   Source: webster1913