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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ossification \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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a
mass or point of ossified tissue.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossification
n 1: the developmental process of bone formation
2: the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
3: the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional
pattern of thought or behavior
4: hardened conventionality [syn: {ossification}, {conformity}]
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