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Ossification
Ossification meaning
The normal process by which bone is formed. | The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed. | The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.
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Ossification set in six weeks before death and Mrs. McCormick's body had practically turned to stone.
All preserve bones that show a relatively high degree of hardening (ossification) for their age, and wing proportions similar to adults.
In 1995, in a special edition of Siskel & Ebert devoted to Tarantino, Gene Siskel argued that Pulp Fiction posed a major challenge to the "ossification of American movies with their brutal formulas".
In the bones, estradiol accelerates ossification of cartilage into bone, leading to closure of the epiphyses and conclusion of growth.
Next, the chondrocytes cease to divide and begin to hypertrophy (enlarge), much like they do in the primary ossification center of the fetus.
Other possible side effects There is evidence that valproic acid may cause premature growth plate ossification in children and adolescents, resulting in decreased height.
Secondary ossification occurs after birth, and forms the epiphyses of long bones and the extremities of irregular and flat bones.