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calcification

[kal-suh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌkæl sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Mammograms may be used to reveal calcification in breast arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

She stated the actual cause of death was narrowing and "calcification of his coronary arteries due to old age".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2025

Nevertheless, individuals who had large amounts of damaged teeth possessed higher rates of inflammation, brain tissue loss and aortic valve calcification.

From Salon Mar. 26, 2024

And, as a next step, the team plans to continue monitoring and exploring aspects like coral growth, calcification, and the impacts of recurring marine heatwaves.

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2024

Occasionally hyaline degeneration or calcification of the new-formed tissue is seen.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

“One of the reasons why clinicians use this is because there is data that shows when there are coronary calcifications patients are more likely to take medications and to adopt other preventive therapies,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

“No significant masses, calcifications or other findings are seen in either breast.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

The complete absence of coronary calcifications, on the other hand, is a good indicator of the absence of advanced atherosclerosis.

From Science Daily Mar. 5, 2024

If Cespedes’s assertion on Friday is true — that painful calcifications in his heels cause his chronic leg problems, and only surgery can fix it — he should not be playing.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2018

Flesh inside the cracked opened shells was examined by clammers who hoped to find roundish, calcifications that had formed over little grains of sand.

From Washington Times Mar. 21, 2015




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