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

Intramembranous ossification is the process of bone development from fibrous membranes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 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

Secondary ossification centers form in the epiphyses as blood vessels and osteoblasts enter these areas and convert hyaline cartilage into spongy bone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Epiphysis, ep-if′i-sis, n. any portion of a bone having its own centre of ossification: the pineal gland: a small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea-urchin:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various