Mineralization vs. Immobilization

Mineralizationnoun

A form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals.

Mineralizationnoun

The breakdown of organic matter in the soil to form soluble inorganic compounds.

Mineralizationnoun

(medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in abnormal parts of the skeleton.

Mineralizationnoun

The addition of minerals to water to make a mineral water.

Mineralizationnoun

The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.

Mineralizationnoun

The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.

Mineralizationnoun

The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.

Immobilizationnoun

The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.

Immobilizationnoun

(soil science) The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.

Immobilizationnoun

fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing;

Immobilizationnoun

the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement;