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Answer for the clue "Loss of calcium from bones or teeth ", 15 letters:
decalcification

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. loss of calcium from bones or teeth

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decalcification \De*cal`ci*fi*ca"tion\, n. The removal of calcareous matter.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The loss of calcium, as from the soil or from teeth or bones.

But this could not have been expected, as the decalcification was not complete in the three specimens which were carefully examined.

So that with bone subjected to artificial gastric juice complete decalcification precedes the dissolution of the fibrous basis.

Then there were the familiar hazards of zero gravity: bone decalcification, immune and cardiovascular system degradation, muscular atrophy.