ossification
英 [,ɒsɪfɪ'keɪʃən]
美[,ɑsəfə'keʃən]
- n. 骨化；成骨；（思想的）僵化
英英释意
- 1. the developmental process of bone formation
- 2. the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
- 3. the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior
- 4. hardened conventionality