Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of ossification is as below...

Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so..

Ossification :: Ossification (n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue..

Endostosis :: Endostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

Intercartilaginous :: Intercartilaginous (a.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification..

Ectostosis :: Ectostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.

Intermembranous :: Intermembranous (a.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification..

Urosteon :: Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

Prootic :: Prootic (a.) In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule..

Endosteal :: Endosteal (a.) Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification..

Epicleidium :: Epicleidium (n.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds..

Ostosis :: Ostosis (n.) Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis..

Squamozygomatic :: Squamozygomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls..

Autogenous :: Autogenous (a.) Developed from an independent center of ossification.

Dermostosis :: Dermostosis (n.) Ossification of the dermis.

Flossification :: Flossification (n.) A flowering; florification.

Osteogen :: Osteogen (n.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification..

Parostosis :: Parostosis (n.) Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.

Metosteon :: Metosteon (n.) The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification..

Parosteal :: Parosteal () Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification..

Random Fonts

Most Popular