OSSIFICATION

ossification, conformity

(noun) hardened conventionality

ossification

(noun) the developmental process of bone formation

ossification

(noun) the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior

ossification

(noun) the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

ossification (countable and uncountable, plural ossifications)

The normal process by which bone is formed.

The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.

The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.

Source: Wiktionary

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Os`si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ossification. See Ossify.]

1. (Physiol.)

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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