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Deposition vs Nephrocalcinosis - What's the difference?

deposition | nephrocalcinosis |

As nouns the difference between deposition and nephrocalcinosis

is that deposition is the removal of someone from office while nephrocalcinosis is the deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.

As a proper noun Deposition

is the removal of Jesus from the cross.

deposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The removal of someone from office.
  • The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
  • (chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
  • (legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
  • (meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
  • (physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
  • (religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

    • Synonyms

    * desublimation

    Antonyms

    * erosion, corrosion * sublimation

    Derived terms

    * thin film deposition * vapor deposition

    Anagrams

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    nephrocalcinosis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia nephrocalcinosis)
  • (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
  • (medicine, now more commonly) Diffuse, fine, renal parenchymal calcification on radiology.