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
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
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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