ossification

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The normal process by which bone is formed.
2. (countable, uncountable) The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.
3. (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.

Concepts

ossification

conformité

calcification osseuse

formation des os

minéralisation des os

ostéogénèse

Synonymes

bone formation

conformity

solidification

fossilization

petrifaction

petrification

rigidity

rigor

set

stiffening

stiffness

sclerotization

calcification

bone mineralization

firmness

freezing

hardening

Traductions

osificación

ossificazione

Verknöcherung

ossificació

Knochenbildung

Ossifikation

οστέωση

ossificação

ossificatie

Erstarren

Verkrampftheit

Kalzifizierung

Knochenmineralisierung

Steifwerden

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification. Recorded earlier than ossify.