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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
ossification
 
SYLLABICATION:os·si·fi·ca·tion
PRONUNCIATION:  s-f-kshn
NOUN:1. The natural process of bone formation. 2a. The hardening or calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material. b. A mass or deposit of such material. 3a. The process of becoming set in a rigidly conventional pattern, as of behavior, habits, or beliefs. b. Rigid, unimaginative convention.
 
 
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