ossification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ossification	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ossification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossification n the developmental process of bone formation the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior hardened conventionality Synonym(s): ossification, conformity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ossification \Os`sifica"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ossification. See {Ossify}.] 1. (Physiol.) 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. Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called accidental ossification which sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in the ossification of an artery. 2. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.