ossification
(noun)
noun
1. the developmental process of bone formation
Definition categories: process
2. the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
Definition categories: process, calcification
3. the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
Definition categories: process
4. hardened conventionality
Similar word(s): conformity
Definition categories: attribute, convention, conventionalism, conventionality