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Verb: decalcify  dee'kal-su,fI
  1. Lose calcium or calcium compounds
    "The bones began to decalcify due to the medical condition"
     
  2. Remove calcium or lime from
    "decalcify the rock"

Derived forms: decalcified, decalcifies, decalcifying

Type of: change, remove, take, take away, withdraw

Antonym: calcify

Encyclopedia: Decalcify