ossification

American  

[os-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌɒs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of ossifying.

2. the state of being ossified. ossify.

3. something that has ossified; ossify; a bony formation.

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ossification Scientific  

/ ŏs′ə-fĭ-kā′shən /

1. 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.

2. See more at osteoblast osteoclast

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Etymology

Origin of ossification

1690–1700; < Latin ossi-, combining form of os bone + -fication

Example Sentences

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

A lot of the military get this ossification.

From The Guardian

Johnson’s supporters may be right in seeing ossification in the oligopolistic economics of the EU.

From The Guardian

The individuals the co-authors identify as near hatching were “probably mid-term, not ready to hatch by any stretch of the imagination,” based on their lack of teeth and “relatively poor level of ossification,” Unwin adds.

From Scientific American

“We will resist the ossification which often accompanies institutionalization,” they wrote with youthful brio in their founding manifesto, “A Statement of Artistic Intent.”

From Washington Post