noun
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the formation of or conversion into bone
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the process of ossifying or the state of being ossified
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The process of bone formation, brought about by the action of specialized bone cells called osteoclasts, which absorb old bone tissue, and osteoblasts, which form from osteoclasts and produce new bone tissue. This remodeling of bone is a constant process that maintains bone strength.
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See more at osteoblast osteoclast
Etymology
Origin of ossification
1690–1700; < Latin ossi-, combining form of os bone + -fication
Example Sentences
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The ossification of the bone fragments also indicates that pressure was occasionally applied to the stump as the young hunter-gatherer probably rested on it after the limb was removed, he added.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
All of the bones of the body, except for the flat bones of the skull, mandible, and clavicles, are formed through endochondral ossification.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The development of bone from fibrous membranes is called intramembranous ossification; development from hyaline cartilage is called endochondral ossification.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
They then differentiate into osteoblasts at the ossification center.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In a similar way the bones of the skull become thickened, especially at the edges of the fontanels, that is, the openings in the child's head before complete ossification of the skull has taken place.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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