What's the difference between calciform and calx?

Calciform


Definition:

  • (a.) In the form of chalk or lime.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By immunofluorescence Pg IV was often the only pepsinogen that was characterized in dedifferentiated cancerous cells; this was also true of the calciform cells of some metaplastic gastric mucosa.

Calx


Definition:

  • (n.) Quicklime.
  • (n.) The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.
  • (n.) Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His fifth album as Aphex Twin - other aliases include AFX, Polygon Window, Caustic Window, Blue Calx, The Dice Man, GAK, Power-Pill and Q-Chastic - is the new double-CD, Drukqs, which ranges from exquisite blue mood piano meditations worthy of Debussy or Erik Satie to furious digital exercises that sound like pneumatic drills gone haywire.

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