biomineralization.

The formation or organized deposition of minerals through biological activity.

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Words that belong together

• shell biomineralization
• microbial biomineralization

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Shell biomineralization gave the organism a rigid outer layer.

The fictional material’s patterns suggested biomineralization rather than a machined coating.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.