OSSIFICATION Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word ossification. (close relations)
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| calcification | nounn | |||||
noun • a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) • tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts • an inflexible and unchanging state | ||||||
| fossilization | nounn | |||||
noun • the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone • becoming inflexible or out of date | ||||||
| hardening | nounn | |||||
noun • abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue • the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization • the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) | ||||||
| petrification | nounn | |||||
noun • the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape | ||||||
| solidification | nounn | |||||
noun • the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | ||||||
| conformity | nounn | |||||
noun • correspondence in form or appearance • acting according to certain accepted standards • orthodoxy in thoughts and belief • concurrence of opinion • hardened conventionality | ||||||
