Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decalcified

Decalcify \De*cal"ci*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decalcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Decalcifying.] To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.

Wiktionary
decalcified

vb. (en-past of: decalcify)

WordNet
decalcified

See decalcify

decalcify
  1. v. lose calcium or calcium compounds

  2. remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock" [ant: calcify]

  3. [also: decalcified]

Usage examples of "decalcified".

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

The decalcified dentine was now so tender that it was torn into shreds merely by the force of the reexpanding tentacles.

Accordingly, my son thoroughly decalcified the bone of a sheep with weak hydrochloric acid.

It had decalcified many, though in some the fragmentation was only slight, in others much more, and many had been unable to adjust at all.

You're atrophied, decalcified, dehydrated, full of toxins, and have granulomas from sea urchin spines wandering around your body.