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ossification
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- The process of bone formation, brought about by the action of specialized bone cells called osteoclasts , which absorb old bone tissue, and osteoblasts , which form from osteoclasts and produce new bone tissue. This remodeling of bone is a constant process that maintains bone strength.
- See more at osteoblast
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ossification1
Example Sentences
Even a short history of cigarette use during the prime period for bone growth and ossification—adolescence and early adulthood—was correlated with a significant increase in the risk of osteoporotic fractures during late adulthood.
The ossification of the bone fragments also indicates that pressure was occasionally applied to the stump as the young hunter-gatherer probably rested on it after the limb was removed, he added.
The ossification of Biden’s legislative agenda underscores the long-term structural challenges facing the party’s left-flank, highlighting how difficult it will be to enact liberal policy change even with Democratic control of Congress.
A lot of the military get this ossification.
Johnson’s supporters may be right in seeing ossification in the oligopolistic economics of the EU.
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