(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.
Petrification
Definition:
(n.) See Petrifaction.
(n.) Fig.: Obduracy; callousness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cholesterosis of the gallbladder ist a reversible process, the petrification of cholesterol polyps is repeated observed.
(2) 12 of 16 patients demonstrated changes which were characteristic for hypocorticism: in 4 patients (no signs of tuberculous involvement of the adrenals) a decrease in their sizes with the preserved regular shape was noted, in 8 patients (with clinicolaboratory findings of tuberculous involvement) enlarged sizes, bilateral deformity of the contours and the presence of petrificates were detected.
(3) Changes in the brain matter were detected in 13 of these 15 patients: foreign bodies (2 cases), meningeal cerebral cicatrices (5), dilatation of the ventricular system (4), petrificates in the brain matter (1), atrophic changes of the cerebral cortex (1).
(4) The formerly feared "linear scar petrification," usual after use of Teflon felt, was absent.