Ossific(a.) Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
Ossification(n.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.
Ossification(n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
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