ossification
pronunciation
How to pronounce ossification in British English:
UK [ɔsifiˈkeiʃən]
How to pronounce ossification in American English:
US [ˌɑsəfɪˈkeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the developmental process of bone formation
- the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
- the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior
- hardened conventionality
Word Origin
- ossification (n.)
- 1690s, from Latin ossis "of bones," genitive of os "bone" (see osseous) + -fication.
Example
- 1. The condition , called heterotopic ossification , occurs when an area of the body is signaled to grow bone rather than other tissues .
- 2. Though there 's no way to prevent or know when a person will develop heterotopic ossification , scientists now have a starting point to develop drugs that could help treat the problem .
- 3. This pattern of european ossification and american consolidation is holding true for banks . Doubtless the difficulties of meshing combinations like bank of america / merrill lynch and wells fargo / wachovia during a downturn are being underestimated .
- 4. Despite potential treatment options in the future , researchers will need to find more about how sp works in a larger number of patients and whether it can be realistically controlled in people with life-long forms of heterotopic ossification .
- 5. In a study in the journal of cellular biochemistry , researchers at northwestern university 's feinberg school of medicine found high levels of a neuropeptide called " substance p , " or sp , in both fop patients and individuals who developed heterotopic ossification .