What is spina bifida? Spina bifida is a neural tube defect that develops during the first month of pregnancy when the spinal column does not close completely. What are the effects of spina bifida? The effects of spina bifida are different for every person.
Tsavorite or tsavolite is a variety of the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula Ca3Al2Si3O12. Trace amounts of vanadium or chromium provide the green color.
calcium propionate a salt used as an antifungal preservative in foods and as a topical antifungal agent. calcium pyrophosphate the pyrophosphate salt of calcium, used as a polishing agent in dentifrices. Crystals of the dihydrate form occur in the joints in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. calcium sulfate the sulfate salt of calcium, CaSO4, occurring in the anhydrous form and in a hydrated form (gypsum, q.v.), which upon being calcined forms plaster of Paris.