"decalcify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: [diːˈkæɫsɪfaɪ] [UK] Forms: decalcify [canonical], decalcifies [third-person, singular], decalcified [past], decalcified [past, participle], decalcifying [present, participle]
Etymology: de- + calcify Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|de|calcify}} de- + calcify Head templates: {{verb|decalcif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you decalcify something, you decrease the amount of calcium salts in it.
    Sense id: simple-decalcify-en-verb-W~PO4Oi6
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