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Ossification
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What's The Definition Of Ossification?
[n] hardened conventionality
[n] the developmental process of bone formation [n] the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior [n] the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material Synonyms | Synonyms for Ossification: conformity Related Terms | Find terms related to Ossification: See Also | biological process | calcification | convention | conventionalism | conventionality | human process | organic process Ossification In Webster's Dictionary \Os`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ossification. See
{Ossify}.]
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.
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