English dictionary

ossification

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the developmental process of bone formation

noun.process

Source: WordNet 3.0
the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

noun.process

Source: WordNet 3.0
the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior

noun.process

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hardened conventionality

noun.attribute

Synonyms conformity

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913