biomineralize
English
Etymology
bio- + mineralize
Verb
biomineralize (third-person singular simple present biomineralizes, present participle biomineralizing, simple past and past participle biomineralized)
- (biology) To mineralize within a biological organism; e.g. to form bone (in vertebrates) or silica skeleton (in diatoms)
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