ossification

ossification is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.
2. noun. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
3. noun. hardened conventionality

   Synonyms: conformity

4. noun. the developmental process of bone formation
5. noun. the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
6. noun. the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

Synonyms

conformity

Common word forms

ossifications

Words from these letters

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