1. hardened by the deposit of calcium salts
Usage: medical; biological
2. rigid and unchanging in attitude or opinion
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The X-ray showed calcified deposits in her arteries.
• Years of poor diet had left his bones calcified and brittle.
• The ancient coral reef had become completely calcified over time.
• His calcified views on education made him resistant to new teaching methods.
• The committee’s calcified procedures prevented any meaningful reform.
• She found it difficult to work with such calcified thinking.
• The calcified plaque required surgical removal.