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Definition of Ossification

1. Noun. The developmental process of bone formation.

2. Noun. The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material.

3. Noun. The process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior.

4. Noun. Hardened conventionality.

Definition of Ossification

1. n. 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.

Definition of Ossification

1. Noun. the normal process by which bone is formed ¹

2. Noun. the calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed ¹

3. Noun. the process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ossification

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ossification

1. Pathology> The formation of bone or of a bony substance, the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance. Origin: L. Ossificatio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossification

ossicula ossicula auditus ossicula mentalia ossicular ossicular chain ossicular prosthesis ossicular replacement ossiculate ossiculated ossiculectomy

ossiculotomy ossiculum ossiferous ossific ossific centre ossification ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament ossifications ossified ossifier

ossifiers ossifies ossiform ossifrage ossifrages ossifragous ossify ossifying ossifying cartilage ossilegium

Literary usage of Ossification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Legal Medicine by Charles Meymott Tidy (1882)
"2£ years: Points of Ossification:—Greater tuberosity of the head of the ... 4 years: Points of Ossification:—The second and third cuneiform bones of the ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Ossification of the laminae of the vertebrae commences in the cervical ... Ossification of the bodies, on the other hand, commences a little below the ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"Ossification and Growth of Bone.—For the early development of the skeleton the reader is referred to text-books on embryology. Embryonic connective-tissue ..."

4. The Principles and practice of dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris, Philip H. Austen (1882)
"The irritation necessary for the ossification of the pulp of a tooth ... During the ossification, a sensation is occasionally experienced in (he tooth ..."

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