ETYM Cf. French ossification. Related to Ossify.
Or osteogenesis; Process whereby bone is formed in vertebrate animals by special cells (osteoblasts) that secrete layers of extracellular matrix on the surface of the existing cartilage. Conversion to bone occurs through the deposition of calcium phosphate crystals within the matrix.1. Hardened conventionality; SYN. conformity.
2. The process of bone formation.