calcified

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The body parts deteriorated, and the skeletal remains decalcified.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2012

Take a portion of the decalcified bone obtained from Experiment 4, and wash it thoroughly in water: in this it is insoluble.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

On the 11th this second leaf began to re-expand; the fragment was manifestly softened, and Dr. Klein reports, "a great deal of enamel and the greater part of the dentine decalcified."

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles

Enamel and Dentine.—As the secretion decalcified ordinary bone, I determined to try whether it would act on enamel and dentine, but did not expect that it would succeed with so hard a substance as enamel.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles

He informs me that both presented the normal appearance of decalcified bone, with traces of the earthy salts occasionally left.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles