What's the difference between lapidification and petrifaction?
Lapidification
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.
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Petrifaction
Definition:
(n.) Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
(n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
(n.) The state or condition of being petrified.
(n.) That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is a very rare disease, which presents in early life; its course is unavoidably progressive, producing a sort of petrifaction of the patient some years after the first symptoms.
(2) The formulae of micelles of salivary calcium phosphate are offered to explain the molecular mechanisms of functioning and breakdown of homeostasis in the saliva-enamel system, and the pathogenesis of dental caries and petrifaction formation.
(3) Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a serious and rare disease with a terrible development, leading to a sort of petrifaction of the patient.