ossification
English
Etymology
From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification. Recorded earlier than ossify.[1]
Noun
ossification (countable and uncountable, plural ossifications)
- The normal process by which bone is formed.
- The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.
- The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.
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Translations
process by which bone is formed
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calcification of tissue
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process of becoming set mentally
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French
Further reading
- “ossification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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