Look up: OSSIFICATION


  1. ossification
    [n] - the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material 2. [n] - the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior 3. [n] - the developmental process of bone formation 4. [n] - hardened conventionality
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=ossification

  2. Ossification
    the formation and maintenance of bone
    Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=O

  3. Ossification
    The process by which bone is formed.
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

  4. Ossification
    Ossification: The process of creating bone, that is of transforming cartilage (or fibrous tissue) into bone. The human skeleton initially consists largely of cartilage which is relatively soft and is gradually transformed into hard bone during infant and child development. The verb corresponding to ...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=10397

  5. Ossification
    Os`si·fi·ca'tion noun [ Confer French 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 me...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/37

  6. ossification
    <orthopaedics> Pathology> The formation of bone or of a bony substance, the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance. ... Origin: L. Ossificatio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?ossification

  7. ossification
    noun hardened conventionality
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ossification

  8. ossification
    noun the developmental process of bone formation
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  9. ossification
    (os″ĭ-fĭ-ka´shәn) formation of or conversion into bone or a bony substance.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  10. Ossification
    • (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.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ossification/



  1. ossification
    (L. ossificatio) the formation of bone or of a bony substance; the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio62.html

  2. Ossification
    Ossification (or osteogenesis) is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called osteoblasts. It is synonymous with bone tissue formation. There are two processes resulting in the formation of normal, healthy bone tissue: Intramembranous ossification is the direct laying down of bone ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossification

  3. ossification
    1. the process of bone formation
    2. hardened conventionality

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  4. Ossification
    The hardening of soft tissues, such as ligament or cartilage, into bone.
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/O/2

  5. ossification
    Type: Term Pronunciation: os′i-fi-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The formation of bone. 2. A change into bone.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=63690

  6. ossification
    Process whereby bone is formed in vertebrate animals by special cells (osteoblasts) that secrete layers of extracellular matrix on the surface of the existing cartilage. Conversion to bone occurs through the deposition of calcium phosphate crystals within the matrix
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008082.html

  7. OSSIFICATION
    The formation of bone.
    Found op http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=O

  8. ossification
    (os;u1-fu1-ka;shun) The process of bone tissue formation.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  9. ossification
    (os;u1-fu1-ka;shun) The process of bone tissue formation.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  10. Ossification
    Ossification is the process in which cartilage is transformed into bone. Bone grows in three stages: first, tissue forms a mesh of collagen fibers, then the body creates a polysaccharide that acts like cement to hold the tissues together. Finally, calcium crystals salts are deposited to form bone. T...
    Found op http://www.spine-health.com/glossary/o/ossification

  11. ossification
    1) Biological process 2) Organic process
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/ossification/1

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