Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
lose calcium or calcium compounds;
2.
remove calcium or lime from;
- Example: "decalcify the rock"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decalcify \De*cal"ci*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decalcified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Decalcifying.]
To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is
to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
Decalcomania
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decalcify
v 1: lose calcium or calcium compounds
2: remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock" [ant:
calcify]