資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.