"ossification" in the noun sense
1. ossification
the developmental process of bone formation
2. ossification
the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
3. ossification
the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
4. ossification, conformity
hardened conventionality
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