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      ossification
      noun
      hardened conventionality
      the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
      the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
      the developmental process of bone formation
      Roots
      ososs- · Latin · bonefacio-fic · Latin · make, do
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