Medical Definition of Centre of ossification

1. The site of earliest bone formation via accumulation of osteoblasts within connective tissue (membranous ossification) or of earliest destruction of cartilage prior to onset of ossification (endochondral ossification). Synonym: punctum ossificationis, ossific centre, point of ossification. (24 Mar 2004)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centre Of Ossification

centre circle
centre forward
centre half
centre halves
centre median de Luys
centre of attention
centre of buoyancy
centre of curvature
centre of effort
centre of flotation
centre of gravity
centre of immersion
centre of inertia
centre of lift
centre of ossification (current term)
centre of ridge
centre of rotation
centre of symmetry
centre parting
centre spread
centre stage
centre third
centreback
centrebacks
centreboard
centreboards
centred
centredness
centrefield

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