Meaning & use
ossification
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The process by which cartilage or soft tissue turns into bone; also used figuratively to describe something becoming rigid or fixed.
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Ossification of the growth plates typically completes by early adulthood.
Critics warned that the organization's rules had reached a point of ossification, resisting any change.
A note on using this word
A literal biological term for bone formation that is also used figuratively for ideas, systems, or institutions becoming inflexible.
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hardeningrigidification
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