| NOUN | process | ossification | the developmental process of bone formation |
|---|---|---|---|
| process | ossification | the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material | |
| process | ossification | the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior | |
| attribute | ossification, conformity | hardened conventionality |
| Sounds | aa.sahfahkey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The developmental process of bone formation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
| Spanish | osificación | |
| Catalan | ossificació | |
| Meaning | The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | calcification | A process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) |
| Spanish | osificación | |
| Verbs | ossify | become bony |
| ossify | cause to become hard and bony | |
| Meaning | The process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | human process | A process in which human beings are involved |
| Verbs | ossify | make rigid / rigid / rigid and set into a conventional pattern |
| Meaning | hardened conventionality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | conformity | |
| Broader | conventionality, convention, conventionalism | orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional |
| Spanish | conformidad, osificacion, osificación | |
| Catalan | ossificació | |
| Verbs | ossify | make rigid / rigid / rigid and set into a conventional pattern |
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