ossification

1. n. The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue. Source: opted

3. n. the developmental process of bone formation Source: wordnet

4. n. the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material Source: wordnet

5. n. the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior Source: wordnet

6. n. hardened conventionality Source: wordnet

7. 1. (Physiol.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis. Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called accidental ossification which sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in the ossification of an artery. 2. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue. Source: webster

8. The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal,by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited incartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. the developmental process of bone formation n. the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material n. the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior Source: ecdict

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