decalcify

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
decalcify
    v 1: lose calcium or calcium compounds
    2: remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock" [ant:
       {calcify}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Decalcify \De*cal"ci*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decalcified}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Decalcifying}.]
   To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is
   to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
   Decalcomania
    

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