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biocalcify

biocalcify verb: to calcify biologically or biochemically.

Verb

biocalcify (third-person singular simple present biocalcifies, present participle biocalcifying, simple past and past participle biocalcified)

  1. To calcify biologically or biochemically
    • In order to understand what genetic repertoire may have been present in the last common ancestor of the Metazoa (LCAM), and that may have contributed to the evolution of the ability to biocalcify, we have studied the skeletal proteome of the coralline demosponge Vaceletia sp. and compare this to...2015 November 5, “The Skeleton Forming Proteome of an Early Branching Metazoan: A Molecular Survey of the Biomineralization Components Employed by the Coralline Sponge Vaceletia Sp.”, in PLOS ONE...

Forms of biocalcify

third-person singular presentbiocalcifies
present participlebiocalcifying
past participlebiocalcified
pastbiocalcified

Origin of biocalcify

From bio- + calcify.

Questions about biocalcify

What does biocalcify mean?
Biocalcify means to calcify biologically or biochemically.
What part of speech is biocalcify?
Biocalcify is a verb.
What is the past tense of biocalcify?
The past tense of biocalcify is biocalcified.

Words near biocalcify in the dictionary

  1. biocalcarenite
  2. biocalcarenites
  3. biocalcification
  4. biocalcified
  5. biocalcifies
  6. biocalcify
  7. biocalcifying
  8. biocalorimetry
  9. biocapacities
  10. biocapacity
  11. biocapital

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