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Her work underscores just how calcified much of cinema is.
Reform-minded leaders want to reinvigorate calcified institutions.
A worm was considered to be calcified when a minimum of 5 of its sections on a slide contained calcium.
A 3 x 3 cm calcified thrombus was detected in the cavity.
One further operation has been needed in the interim, namely removal of the stenotic and calcified aortic homograft valve.
When a valve is very calcified, it may be difficult to identify the raphe.
Such calcified structures may be single, multiple and sometimes arranged in a circular arrangement.
Additionally, cysticerci were macroscopically classified as either viable or calcified according to their macroscopic appearance.
Of the remaining cysts, 59 (19.5%) were sterile and 47 (15.5%) were calcified.
The conduit, which is heavily calcified, is carefully removed and the new larger homograft is sutured to the pulmonary artery.