See Also: mineralization(medicine)

nautilus (iou) and mineralization (medicine)


nautilus (iou)



nautilus noun. , -luses. E17.
[Latin from Greek nautilos sailor, nautilus, from nautes: see NAUTICAL.]
Either of two marine cephalopod molluscs: (a) (more fully pearly nautilus) an Indo-Pacific cephalopod, Nautilus pompilius, having a coiled chambered shell with nacreous septa; (b) (more fully paper nautilus) = ARGONAUT 2. Also, any fossil resembling or related to either of these; esp. a nautiloid.
nautilite noun (Geology, arch.) a fossil nautilus M18.

mineralization (medicine)


mineralization


1. The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.

2. The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.

3. <botany> The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony Nature.

Origin: Cf. F. Mineralisation.

Source: Websters Dictionary