MINERALIZATION Synonyms

• the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)

• a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

• an increase in the density of something

• the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

• the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone

• becoming inflexible or out of date

• coming to full development; becoming mature

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

• the developmental process of bone formation

• the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

• the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior

• hardened conventionality

• the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

• The act of cementing

• The impregnation of the surface of a metal with another material; the manufacture of steel by carburizing iron

• The precipitation of mineral matter in the pores of a sediment

• The use of a cement join the parts of a broken bone to aid in the healing process

• The use of a cement or adhesive to fasten orthodontics or to restore chipped or broken teeth