How to say "calcium" in Japanese

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  • nounThe everyday word for calcium, the element Ca. Use it when talking about calcium in food, health, or chemistry, as in discussions of calcium-rich foods or calcium deficiency.
    彼かれの食事しょくじにはカルシウムが欠かけている。↗
    Calcium is absent from his diet.
  • Caシー・エー
    nounThe chemical symbol for the element calcium, read シー・エー. It is an abbreviation rather than a spoken word, so it appears mainly in scientific and technical writing, not in everyday conversation.

Use 「カルシウム」 for calcium in ordinary contexts such as nutrition and chemistry; Ca is simply the chemical abbreviation for the element, used mainly in scientific writing and formulas.

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