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Ossifying

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fibromanoun	(pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.
fibromasnoun	(pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.
periostitisnoun	Inflammation of a periosteum
ossificationnoun	The normal process by which bone is formed.
ossific	Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
osteosclerosisnoun	(medicine) An increase in bone density
calcificationnoun	The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
ossaturenoun	A skeletal framework; an underlying structure.
calcifyverb	(transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
ossicular	(anatomy) Related to or composed of ossicles.
osteoporotic	Relating to osteoporosis.
osseous	Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony.
calcified	Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts.
osteolysisnoun	The resorption or dissolution of bone tissue.
osteoporosisnoun	(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
osteogenesisnoun	(physiology) The formation and development of bone.
osteoplasticnoun	(surgery) Of, or relating to osteoplasty.
osteophytic	Relating to osteophytes.
lignificationnoun	Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
scleroticnoun	(anatomy) Synonym of sclera.

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