calcium
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calcium/ˈkalsiəm/
▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 20, a soft grey reactive metal of the alkaline earth metal group. (Symbol: Ca)
'calcium' also found in these Oxford entries:
alkaline earth
- anhydrite
- anorthite
- apatite
- aragonite
- autunite
- bleaching powder
- Bordeaux mixture
- Ca
- calc-
- calcareous
- calci-
- calcic
- calciferol
- calciferous
- calcify
- calcite
- calcitonin
- calcium carbonate
- calcium hydroxide
- calcium oxide
- chalk
- chaptalization
- cholecalciferol
- decalcified
- dolomite
- druse
- epidote
- fluoride
- fluorite
- gallstone
- gypsum
- hornblende
- hyperparathyroidism
- hypocalcaemia
- hypoparathyroidism
- kidney stone
- lime
- limescale
- limestone
- lime sulphur
- lime water
- milk fever
- osteomalacia
- osteoporosis
- parathyroid
- permanent hardness
- perovskite
- phosphorite
