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What is an ossification?

What is an ossification? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The normal process by which bone is formed.
  2. The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.
  3. The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.
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But if talent, of any sort, is not nurtured within the organization, any organization, we will see ossification and decay.
If there were any piece that needed saving from the ossification of tradition in the 1960s, it was Parsifal.
The human larynx is composed of cartilaginous tissue that early in adulthood progressively undergoes ossification.
The incidence of intervertebral narrowing and irregular ossification of the vertebral end plates has also been shown to be associated with increased age.
Adolescents and young adults are at particular risk for various apophyseal and epiphyseal injuries due to lack of ossification of these cartilaginous growth plates.
Interestingly, Williston's description of the carpus depicts a near identical pattern of ossification.

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