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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : os-uh-fi-key-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən |
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Définition of ossification
Origin :- 1690s, from Latin ossis "of bones," genitive of os "bone" (see osseous) + -fication.
- As in solidification : noun hardening
- By that time Mr. Chase had recovered sufficiently from his ossification to speak.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- At the age of three, the ossification of the cranial vault has been completed.
- Extract from : « Pedagogical Anthropology » by Maria Montessori
- The ossification of the sacrum also has reached its culminating point.
- Extract from : « Omphalos » by Philip Henry Gosse
- The ossification of each fragment appears to have been complete.
- Extract from : « Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma » by Richard C. Fox
- This ossification is evidently that shown in Notobatrachus as "coracoid."
- Extract from : « The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence » by Theodore H. Eaton
- Tertiary centers of ossification are in the lateral processes.
- Extract from : « The Baculum in Microtine Rodents » by Sydney Anderson
- On the other hand, the cartilage may undergo calcification or ossification.
- Extract from : « Manual of Surgery » by Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
- As to the processes which take place in the ossification of cartilage there is still much to be made out.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- The first vertebra to ossify is the second or third cervical, and the ossification gradually extends to those behind.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- On the twelfth day the ossification of the cartilaginous centra commences.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
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