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

The process of endochondral ossification, which converts the cartilage models into bone, begins by the twelfth week of embryonic development.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

These cells then differentiate directly into bone producing cells, which form the skull bones through the process of intramembranous ossification.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

This calcification of the cartilage, which may also involve the capsules of the cells, is frequently associated with an ossification, although this relation is in no way essential.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various