metastatic calcification (medicine) and counter 1, noun (oh)

metastatic calcification (medicine)

metastatic calcification
Calcification occurring in nonosseous, viable tissue (i.e., tissue that is not degenerated or necrotic), as in the stomach, lungs, and kidneys (and rarely in Other sites); the cells of these organs secrete acid materials, and, under certain conditions in instances of hypercalcaemia, the alteration in pH seems to cause precipitation of calcium salts in these sites.

counter 1, noun (oh)

[Sense: 1-5; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: comptour, from Medieval Latin computatorium 'counting place', from Latin computare; COMPUTE]
[Sense: 6-7; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: conteor, from conter; COUNT1]
[Sense: 8; Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: contre, from contre 'against']
the place where you pay or are served in a shop, bank, restaurant etc
::He wondered if the girl behind the counter recognised him.
AmE a long flat surface on top of a piece of furniture, especially in a kitchen
British Equivalent: worktop
over the counter
drugs, medicines etc that are bought over the counter are ones that you can buy in a shop without a prescription from a doctor
under the counter
if you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally
::It's risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.
a small object that you use in some Games that are played on a board
a piece of electrical equipment that counts something
::Set the Video counter to zero before you press play.
-see also Geiger counter
a computer program that counts the number of people that have visited a website
an action that tries to prevent something bad from happening, or an argument that is used to prove that something is wrong
counter to
::The road blocks were a counter to terrorist attacks in that area.

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