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calcification
In medical contexts, this term describes a pathological hardening that often impairs organ function, carrying a clinical and sterile tone. It suggests a loss of elasticity and a shift toward a brittle, stony state. When applied to social or psychological systems, the word functions as a critique. It implies that a system has become so set in its ways that it can no longer adapt to change, evoking a sense of stagnation and death-like rigidity.
Countable when referring to a specific hardened deposit in a medical scan. Uncountable when describing the general biological process or the abstract state of systemic rigidity.