mineralization

noun

min·er·al·iza·tion

variants: also British mineralisation \ ˌmin(-ə)-rəl-ə-ˈzā-shən

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Medical Definition of mineralization

1 : the action of mineralizing

2 : the state of being mineralized mineralization of bone

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