Ossification

[,ɒsɪfɪ'keɪʃən] or [,ɑsəfə'keʃən]

Definition

(noun.) hardened conventionality.

(noun.) the developmental process of bone formation.

(noun.) the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior.

(noun.) the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material.

Typed by Harrison--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.

Typist: Sam