decalcify
decalcify is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
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- 1.To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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