endochondral ossification

n.

The formation of bone in which a cartilage template is gradually replaced by a bone matrix, as in the formation of long bones or in osteoarthritic ossification of synovial cartilage.

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Words nearby endochondral ossification

endocentric, endocervical, endocervicitis, endocervix, endochondral bone, endochondral ossification, endocolitis, endocranial, endocranial cast, endocranium, endocrine
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