Noun
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.
The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAll preserve bones that show a relatively high degree of hardening (ossification) for their age, and wing proportions similar to adults. Source: Internet
In the bones, estradiol accelerates ossification of cartilage into bone, leading to closure of the epiphyses and conclusion of growth. Source: Internet
In 1995, in a special edition of Siskel & Ebert devoted to Tarantino, Gene Siskel argued that Pulp Fiction posed a major challenge to the "ossification of American movies with their brutal formulas". Source: Internet
Next, the chondrocytes cease to divide and begin to hypertrophy (enlarge), much like they do in the primary ossification center of the fetus. Source: Internet
Osteochondrosis is a pathological condition in which normal endochondral ossification, the metamorphoses of cartilage to bone, is disturbed. Source: Internet
Other possible side effects There is evidence that valproic acid may cause premature growth plate ossification in children and adolescents, resulting in decreased height. Source: Internet