词汇 | calcification |
释义 | calcification noun uk /ˌkæl.sɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌkæl.sə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [ C or U ] medical specialized a gradual increase in the amount of calcium in body tissue, sometimes as a response to injury, causing the tissue to harden, or an area of such tissue: 钙化 We frequently found the calcification of ligaments and muscle attachments. Arterial walls may develop calcifications, which reduce the ability of the vessels to transport blood adequately.动脉血管壁可能出现钙化,降低血管正常输送血液的能力。 [ U ] the process in which ideas, systems, methods, etc. become fixed and difficult to change over a period of time: It is very difficult to prevent the calcification of public opinion. The calcification of the technology comes at the end of a long period of innovation. Keeping and staying the same anti-progressive calcify consistency consistent continuum diffusible inveteracy kept leave well aloneidiom left level off stabilization stabilize stably stay steadfast unreformed wallow wallow in something wouldn't have it any other wayidiom Examples of calcificationcalcification In this context, pancreatic calcification and a normal small-bowel biopsy virtually establishes an exocrine pancreatic cause of diarrhoea. The left fibula has a large, irregular calcification from the posterior surface of the proximal diaphysis consistent with myositis ossificans. It is well recognised that benign calcifications occur naturally in the subcutaneous tissues of the breast, usually within sebaceous glands. Recent reports suggest that the durability of these valves is limited, and that pregnancy accelerates their degeneration and calcification. In this case extra calcification in the hands and wrists (e, f) and face with depressed nasal bridge (g) were diagnostic. Instead, they represented gross calcification of the mitral valve, and of the papillary muscles, as a consequence of viral myocarditis. However, cataracts, microphthalmos, necrosis, calcifications, blindness, anterior chamber and optic disk malformations and papillary membrane vestiges have also been described. Other fetal organs can be involved such as the fetal heart (cardiomegaly with a thick myocardium which may contain punctuate calcifications) or the fetal lung. In fact, several regions were severely affected, presenting in addition dystrophic calcification. Most of the nonocular symptoms were of a neurological nature, with intracranial calcifications predominating. Second, diffuse calcifications have been associated with a higher rate of axillary lymph node involvement and proved to be so in this case. There was fibrotic replacement of the muscle fibers with spotty calcification and rare lymphocytes in the septum. Special attention was given to the raphe and the leaflets, the calcification of which can lead to stenosis. In the remaining 12 cases, we were unable to discover nodules, although calcification of four valves made the examination of leaflets difficult. These classifications take account of variations in morphology of the cysts such as calcification or the presence of a detached laminated layer or daughter cysts. See all examples of calcification These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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