calcify (verb) - to make something inflexible, rigid, or bony; to harden using calcium salts [kal-suh-fahy]
BREAKDOWN: CALC- (calcium) + -FY (to make or do)
calcification is a change into a stony or calcareous substance; a hardening or solidifying
See also: recalcitrant
“De-calcify the pineal gland with the detergent of imagination” ―Dean Cavanagh