ossification

Other forms: ossifications

Definitions of ossification

1. noun

   the developmental process of bone formation
   type of:

   biological process, organic process

   a process occurring in living organisms
2. noun

   the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
   type of:

   calcification

   a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
3. noun

   the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
   type of:

   human process

   a process in which human beings are involved
4. noun

   hardened conventionality
   synonyms: conformity

   type of:

   convention, conventionalism, conventionality

   orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional