ossification

Etymology

From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification. Recorded earlier than ossify.

noun

  1. The normal process by which bone is formed.
  2. The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.
  3. The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.

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