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os·si·fi·ca·tion
\ˌäsəfə̇ˈkāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin ossification-, ossificatio, from (assumed) New Latin ossificatus (past participle of ossificare to ossify) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the process of bone formation usually beginning at particular centers in each prospective bone and involving the activities of special osteoblasts that segregate and deposit inorganic bone substance about themselves — see endochondral ossification, intermembranous ossification
b. : an instance of this process
2.
a. : the condition of being altered into a hard bony substance
< ossification of the muscular tissue >
b. : a mass or particle of ossified tissue : a calcareous deposit in the tissues
< ossifications in the aortic wall >
3.
a. : the process of becoming hardened, indifferent, and insensitive to the feelings of others; also : a state of callousness
< the emotional ossification which the poet must escape — J.M.O'Brien >
b. : the process of becoming molded or set in a conventional pattern; also : a state of unimaginative conformity
< continue its present course of ossification into a new dogmatism — Paul Woodring >
< a way of life that … might remain in a state of cosy ossification until doomsday — Norman Lewis > |