亚洲网紅露点

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decalcify

[ dee-kal-suh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

decalcified, decalcifying.
  1. to deprive of lime or calcareous matter, as a bone.


verb (used without object)

decalcified, decalcifying.
  1. to become decalcified.

decalcify

/ di藧藢k忙ls瑟f瑟藞ke瑟蕛蓹n; di藧藞k忙ls瑟藢fa瑟 /

verb

  1. tr to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • decalcification, noun
  • 诲别藞肠补濒肠颈藢蹿颈别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路肠补濒顎僣颈路蹿颈顎卐谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍顎卍别路肠补濒顎僣颈路蹿颈别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of decalcify1

First recorded in 1840鈥50; de- + calcify
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Example Sentences

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鈥淭he fracking has affected our bones, which become decalcified. I had to have a titanium spine implant; another sister also needs one. Albino had an operation on his arm because of bone loss.鈥

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She found more residues when she decalcified pieces of fossil bone and teeth.

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The bacteria spread through his foot and ankle, decalcified his bones and resulted in him losing his leg.

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Your bones hate space: Without the constant tug of gravity, your skeleton doesn鈥檛 work nearly as hard, which causes it to weaken and decalcify.

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The body parts deteriorated, and the skeletal remains decalcified.

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