Having undergone calcification; turned into or containing calcium deposits that have made something hard and stone-like.
Past participle of 'calcify,' combining Latin 'calcis' (lime) with the suffix '-fied' (made or caused to be). The term entered English medical vocabulary in the 1700s.
Calcified dinosaur fossils preserve not just bone shape but sometimes microscopic calcium patterns that scientists can read like history books to understand how ancient creatures lived and moved.
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