ossification
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Ossification is the process of bone formation by osteoblasts.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Ossification begins approximately six weeks after fertilization in an embryo.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Ossification is the first step on the road to extinction for great ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2015
Ossification is an inherent tendency of the academic process.
From Forbes • Sep. 23, 2014
Ossification begins in the lateral flanges, then in the prevomerine processes, and lastly in the posterior dentigerous parts of the bones; the prevomerine processes are the last parts of the vomers to ossify completely.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.