Calci-
a combining form of calcium, used with the meaning “calcium salt” or “calcite” in the formation of compound words:
calciferous.
combining form
indicating lime or calcium: calcify
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- Calcic
pertaining to or containing lime or calcium. Historical Examples Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley The North American Slime-Moulds Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various Poisons: Their Effects and Detection Alexander Wynter […]
- Calcicole
any plant capable of thriving in calcareous soil. noun any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils
- Calcicosis
calcicosis
- Calciferol
a fat-soluble, crystalline, unsaturated alcohol, C 28 H 43 OH, occurring in milk, fish-liver oils, etc., produced by ultraviolet irradiation of ergosterol, and used as a dietary supplement, as in fortified milk. Also called vitamin D2. noun a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It […]
- Calciferous
forming salts of calcium, especially calcium carbonate. containing calcium carbonate. Historical Examples Earthworms and their Allies Frank E. Beddard Elementary Zoology, Second Edition Vernon L. Kellogg Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills Luella Agnes Owen Rambles in Rome S. Russell Forbes adjective forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate