| calculus |
branch of mathematics that studies continuously changing quantities. The calculus is characterized by the use of infinite processes, involving passage to a limit-the notion of tending toward, or approaching, an ultimate value. The English physicist Isaac Newton and the German mathematician GW Leibniz, working independently, developed the calculus during the 17th cent. ...
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| calcareous |
Composed mostly of calcium carbonate or lime. Chalky or shelly in appearance.
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| calculi |
An abnormal concretion in the body usually formed of mineral salts and found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder, for example. Gravel. [Dorland]
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| calculus |
An abnormal concretion in the body usually formed of mineral salts and found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder, for example. Gravel. [Dorland]
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| calcification |
the process of deposition of calcium salts, primarily hydroxyapatite. In the formation of bone this is a normal condition. In other organs, this could be an abnormal condition. Calcification of the aortic valve causes narrowing of the passage (aortic stenosis). Also called mineralization.
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