the process of ossifying or the state of being ossified
ossification in American English
(ˌɑsəfɪˈkeiʃən)
noun
1.
the act or process of ossifying
2.
the state of being ossified
3.
something that has ossified; a bony formation
Word origin
[1690–1700; ‹ L ossi-, comb. form of os bone + -fication]This word is first recorded in the period 1690–1700. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cocoon, dogwatch, lifeline, manta, smash-fication is a combining form of nouns of action or state corresponding to verbs ending in-fy. Other words that use the affix -fication include: deification, pacification
Examples of 'ossification' in a sentence
ossification
That will lead us, inexorably, down the path of industrial ossification and economic decline.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Political debate became stilted to the point of ossification.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There could be no greater illustration of the self-serving ossification into which the federation has lapsed.