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calcified

calcified adjective: hardened from the deposit of calcium salts. Also the simple past and past participle of calcify.

Adjective

calcified (comparative more calcified, superlative most calcified)

  1. Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts.
  2. (figuratively) Made unchanging or inflexible.

Also used as

calcified is also the simple past and past participle of calcify.

Forms of calcified

comparativemore calcified
superlativemost calcified

Words formed from calcified

Questions about calcified

What does calcified mean?
Calcified means hardened from the deposit of calcium salts.
What part of speech is calcified?
Calcified is an adjective.

Words near calcified in the dictionary

  1. calcificates
  2. calcificating
  3. calcification
  4. calcifications
  5. calcificatious
  6. calcified
  7. calcifier
  8. calcifiers
  9. calcifies
  10. calciform
  11. calcifugal

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