ossification
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The ossification of the bone fragments also indicates that pressure was occasionally applied to the stump as the young hunter-gatherer probably rested on it after the limb was removed, he added.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
Bones can grow in thickness throughout life, but after age 25, ossification functions primarily in bone remodeling and repair.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Endochondral ossification is the process of bone development from hyaline cartilage.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
At birth, ossification of much of the bone has occurred, but the hyaline cartilage of the epiphyseal plate will remain throughout childhood and adolescence to allow for bone lengthening.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
"My Sulphuretted Tablets will knock out the ossification and as for the rest it's all diet."
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Stanley Waterloo
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