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
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2. Ossification
   the formation and maintenance of bone
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3. Ossification
   The process by which bone is formed.
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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 ...
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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...
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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) ...
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7. ossification
   noun hardened conventionality
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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.
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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.
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11. 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.
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12. ossification
    
    • the process of bone formation
    • hardened conventionality
    
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13. Ossification
    The hardening of soft tissues, such as ligament or cartilage, into bone.
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14. ossification
    Type: Term Pronunciation: os′i-fi-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The formation of bone. 2. A change into bone.
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15. 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
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16. OSSIFICATION
    The formation of bone.
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17. ossification
    (os;u1-fu1-ka;shun) The process of bone tissue formation.
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18. ossification
    (os;u1-fu1-ka;shun) The process of bone tissue formation.
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19. 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...
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20. Ossification
    `Ossification` (or `osteogenesis`) is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called pmid=17572649-->--> Intramembranous ossification is the direct laying down of bone into the primitive connective tissue (mesenchyme), while endochondral ossification involves cartilage as a precursor. ...
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