Decalcify

[,di:'kælsifai]

(verb.) remove calcium or lime from; 'decalcify the rock'.

(verb.) lose calcium or calcium compounds.

Checked by Carmen--From WordNet

(v. t.) To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.

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v.i. to deprive of lime: to take the calcareous matter out of bones teeth &c.—n. Decalcificā′tion.

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