ossification
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Definition of ossification
1a : the natural process of bone formation
b : the hardening (as of muscular tissue) into a bony substance
2 : a mass or particle of ossified tissue
3 : a tendency toward or state of being molded into a rigid, conventional, sterile, or unimaginative condition
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ossification
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Medical Definition of ossification
1a : the process of bone formation usually beginning at particular centers in each prospective bone and involving the activities of special osteoblasts that segregate and deposit inorganic bone substance about themselves — compare calcification sense a
b : an instance of this process
2a : the condition of being altered into a hard bony substance ossification of soft tissue
b : a mass or particle of ossified tissue : a calcareous deposit in the tissues ossifications in the aortic wall
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