The Collaborative International Dictionary
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
vb. To deprive of calcareous matter.
WordNet
v. lose calcium or calcium compounds
remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock" [ant: calcify]
[also: decalcified]
Usage examples of "decalcify".
The exposed bone is somewhat decalcified, and adipocere seems firmly established throughout.
From these facts it is clear that the leaves are very little excited by the fibrous basis of bone, but that the secretion easily and quickly liquefies it, if thoroughly 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.
Not for him the long months in microgee, with his muscles going flabby and his bones decalcifying so that he would have to spend even longer months in lunar orbit rebuilding his body cells.