ossification

/AA0 S AH0 F AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    The normal process by which bone is formed.

  2. 2

    The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.

  3. 3

    The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.