a. [f. as prec. + -FIC.] Forming lime; belonging to calcification.
1861. Bumstead, Ven. Dis. (1879), 594. Gummatous tumors occasionally undergo calcific degeneration.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 59. We find calcific deposits in cheesy masses.
1869. Huxley, Phys., xii. 324. A deposit of calcific matter takes place.