ossification
NounUS[os-uh-fuh-key-shuhn]/ˌɑsəfəˈkeɪʃən/5 syllables
Synonyms:
conformity
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the developmental process of bone formationType of organic process, biological process
- the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike materialType of calcification
- the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behaviorType of human process
- hardened conventionalitySynonyms: conformityType of conventionality, convention
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Os′si·fi·ca′tion noun
Origin: Cf. F. ossification. See Ossify.
1. Physiology 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.
☞ 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54