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A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

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  1. n. A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.
  2. A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.
  3. A process of bone formation in which ossification takes placein the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces thecartilage.
  4. n. A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.