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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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