a. [f. L. calc(i)- + -ger bearing + -OUS.] Holding or containing lime.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., III. 847/2. Calcigerous cells.
1842. E. Wilson, Anat. Vade M., 53. True bone, characterised by the existence of numerous calcigerous cells.
