Medical term:

calcination



cal·ci·na·tion

(kal'si-nā'shŭn),
The process of calcining.
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calcination

The process of heating a solid (e.g., an ore) in air below its melting point to effect thermal decomposition, phase transition or remove volatiles, thereby changing the original solid into something else—e.g., heating calcium carbonate to release CO2 gas and form calcium oxide.
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