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Ossification
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
(2):
(n.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ossification'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/ossification.html. 1828.