Definitions for ossification

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ossification(noun)

    the developmental process of bone formation

  2. ossification(noun)

    the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

  3. ossification(noun)

    the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior

  4. ossification, conformity(noun)

    hardened conventionality

Wiktionary

  1. ossification(Noun)

    the normal process by which bone is formed

  2. ossification(Noun)

    the calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed

  3. ossification(Noun)

    the process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality


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