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calcification

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


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Additional experiments showed that genetically deleting IL-1b significantly reduced valve calcification and disease symptoms, even when P. gingivalis was present.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

These complications include carotid artery calcification, calcification of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels in the lower extremities, and small vessel disease in the feet.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

Whatever may be the origin of the cheesy condition, the material presenting this appearance is liable to further changes, known as softening and calcification.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

“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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