ossification

Example Sentences

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Even a short history of cigarette use during the prime period for bone growth and ossification—adolescence and early adulthood—was correlated with a significant increase in the risk of osteoporotic fractures during late adulthood.

From Scientific American

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

The ossification of Biden’s legislative agenda underscores the long-term structural challenges facing the party’s left-flank, highlighting how difficult it will be to enact liberal policy change even with Democratic control of Congress.

From Washington Post

A lot of the military get this ossification.

From The Guardian

Johnson’s supporters may be right in seeing ossification in the oligopolistic economics of the EU.

From The Guardian