Usually means: Hardening of tissue into bone.
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  1. ossification: Merriam-Webster
  2. ossification: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ossification: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ossification: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ossification: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ossification, ossification: Wordnik
  7. ossification: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ossification: Wiktionary
  9. ossification: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ossification: Dictionary.com
  11. ossification: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Ossification: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Ossification: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. ossification: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. ossification: Rhymezone
  16. Ossification: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. ossification: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. ossification: FreeDictionary.org
  19. ossification: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. ossification: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ossification: Legal dictionary

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  1. ossification: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. ossification: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ossification: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Ossification: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  7. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  8. ossification: Medical dictionary
  9. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  10. Ossification: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
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  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  4. ossification: Natural History Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ossification)

noun:  The normal process by which bone is formed.
noun:  The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.
noun:  The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.

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