ossification
noun
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Sense 1 noun
the developmental process of bone formation
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
Types & categories
- calcification hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
Types & categories
- human process hypernym
Related & opposite
- ossify derivation
Sense 4 noun
hardened conventionality
Types & categories
- conventionalism hypernym
Related & opposite
- ossify derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ossify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ossify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | calcification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ossify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | human process |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ossify |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | conventionalism |