ossification

English

Noun

ossification (countable and uncountable, plural ossifications)

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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process by which bone is formed

Chinese:
Cantonese: 骨化 (gwat¹ faa³)

Mandarin: 骨化 (zh) (gǔhuà)
Finnish: luutuminen (fi)

German: ^{(please verify)} Ossifikation, ^{(please verify)} Verknöcherung (de)
Hebrew: התגרמות‎ f
Japanese: 骨化 (kokka)
Polish: kostnienie n

calcification of tissue

Finnish: luutuminen (fi); luuduttaminen, luudutus (causing to ossify); luutuma (mass)

process of becoming set mentally

Finnish: luutuminen (fi)

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