noun (n)

• the developmental process of bone formation(noun.process)

  source: wordnet30
• the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material(noun.process)

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• the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior(noun.process)

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• hardened conventionality(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  conformity
  

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• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913