Associations to the word «Ossification»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

OSSIFICATION, noun. The developmental process of bone formation.
OSSIFICATION, noun. The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material.
OSSIFICATION, noun. The process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior.
OSSIFICATION, noun. Hardened conventionality.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King