RhymeZone: ossification definitions

Definitions of ossification:

noun: hardened conventionality
noun: the developmental process of bone formation
noun: the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior
noun: the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

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