"ossification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɑsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ [General-American] Forms: ossifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification. Recorded earlier than ossify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|os|ification|alt1=os, ossis|lang1=la|t1=bone}} Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ossification (countable and uncountable, plural ossifications)
  1. The normal process by which bone is formed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process by which bone is formed): تَعَظُّم (taʕaẓẓum) (Arabic), ոսկրացում (oskracʻum) (Armenian), осификация (osifikacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ossificació [feminine] (Catalan), 骨化 (gwat¹ faa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 骨化 (gǔhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), osifikace [feminine] (Czech), kostnatění [neuter] (Czech), forbening [common-gender] (Danish), ossifikation [common-gender] (Danish), ossificatie [feminine] (Dutch), beenvorming [feminine] (Dutch), luutuminen (Finnish), ossification [feminine] (French), osificación [feminine] (Galician), Ossifikation [feminine] (German), Verknöcherung [feminine] (German), οστεοποίηση (osteopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), התגרמות [feminine] (Hebrew), ostifado (Ido), osifikasi (Indonesian), cnámhú [masculine] (Irish), ossificazione [feminine] (Italian), 骨化 (kokka) (Japanese), оссификация (ossifikasiä) (Kazakh), сүйек түзуі (süiek tüzuı) (Kazakh), ossificatio [feminine] (Latin), osifikācija [feminine] (Latvian), kaulėjimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), hestîbûn (Northern Kurdish), ossifikasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ossifikasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kostnienie [neuter] (Polish), osyfikacja [feminine] (Polish), osificare [feminine] (Romanian), оссифика́ция (ossifikácija) [feminine] (Russian), окостене́ние (okostenénije) [neuter] (Russian), осифика́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), окошта́ва̄ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), osifikácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), okoštávānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), osifikácia [feminine] (Slovak), kostnatenie [neuter] (Slovak), osifikacija [feminine] (Slovene), osificación [feminine] (Spanish), ossifikation [common-gender] (Swedish), benbildning [common-gender] (Swedish), förbening [common-gender] (Swedish), การกลายเป็นกระดูก (gaan-glaai-bpen-grà-dòok) (Thai), การสร้างกระดูก (gaan-sà-râang-grà-dòok) (Thai), осифікація (osyfikacija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ossification-en-noun-8y1f3Go4 Disambiguation of 'process by which bone is formed': 64 15 22
  2. The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (calcification of tissue): вкостеняване (vkostenjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), luutuminen (Finnish), luuduttaminen (Finnish), luudutus (english: causing to ossify) (Finnish), luutuma (english: mass) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ossification-en-noun-yBMeWGAk Disambiguation of 'calcification of tissue': 5 78 17
  3. The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of becoming set mentally): 僵化 (goeng¹ faa³) (Chinese Cantonese), luutuminen (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coossification, deossification, epiossification, reossification Related terms: ossiferous, ossific, ossified, ossifier, ossify

Inflected forms

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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "gaan-glaai-bpen-grà-dòok",
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          "sense": "calcification of tissue",
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          "sense": "calcification of tissue",
          "word": "luuduttaminen"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "process by which bone is formed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förbening"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-glaai-bpen-grà-dòok",
      "sense": "process by which bone is formed",
      "word": "การกลายเป็นกระดูก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-sà-râang-grà-dòok",
      "sense": "process by which bone is formed",
      "word": "การสร้างกระดูก"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osyfikacija",
      "sense": "process by which bone is formed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осифікація"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vkostenjavane",
      "sense": "calcification of tissue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вкостеняване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calcification of tissue",
      "word": "luutuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calcification of tissue",
      "word": "luuduttaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "causing to ossify",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calcification of tissue",
      "word": "luudutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "mass",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calcification of tissue",
      "word": "luutuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "goeng¹ faa³",
      "sense": "process of becoming set mentally",
      "word": "僵化"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process of becoming set mentally",
      "word": "luutuminen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ossification"
}

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