ossification

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noun

1. the developmental process of bone formation (Freq. 6)
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
2. the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
• Derivationally related forms:
ossify
• Hypernyms:
calcification
3. the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
• Derivationally related forms:
ossify
• Hypernyms:
human process
4. hardened conventionality
• Syn:
conformity
• Derivationally related forms:
ossify
• Hypernyms:
conventionality, convention, conventionalism